Milk (2008)
Directed by Gus Van Sant · Cinematography by Harris Savides
R128 min63 frames
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What is Milk about?
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
Milk is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk, alongside Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, and James Franco.
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What does the cinematography of Milk look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, Milk builds its coverage from medium shots (52% of the sample), with wide compositions (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Harris Savides keeps 41% of it in soft, low-key light. 43% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of Milk?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Milk (2008) are #322e2b, #544e49, #131210, #d8d3c7, #251a12, #d6c6b0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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