Mission: Impossible (1996)
Directed by Brian De Palma · Cinematography by Stephen H. Burum
PG-13110 min61 frames
AdventureActionThriller
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What is Mission: Impossible about?
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American spy thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, and produced by and starring Tom Cruise from a screenplay by David Koepp and Robert Towne and story by Koepp and Steven Zaillian. Based on the 1966 television series of the same name and its 1988 sequel series, it is the first installment in the Mission: Impossible film series. It also stars Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vanessa Redgrave. In the film, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) seeks to uncover who framed him for the murders of most of his Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team.
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What does the cinematography of Mission: Impossible look like?
Across 61 sampled frames, Mission: Impossible builds its coverage from medium shots (39% of the sample), with close-ups (31%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Stephen H. Burum keeps 49% of it in soft, low-key light. 54% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Mission: Impossible?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mission: Impossible (1996) are #0a0a0b, #332f2d, #d3d2d1, #f5f6f6, #48372f, #544e4a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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