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Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Directed by J.J. Abrams · Cinematography by Dan Mindel

PG-13126 min18 frames

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The mission begins.

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Mission: Impossible III — official trailer

What is Mission: Impossible III about?

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.

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What does the cinematography of Mission: Impossible III look like?

Sampled across 18 frames, the coverage of Mission: Impossible III leans on wide compositions and medium shots. The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Dan Mindel keeps a large share of it in low-key light. Night and dusk account for much of the film. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Mission: Impossible III?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mission: Impossible III (2006) are #313331, #070708, #c6c7c5, #182935, #55666c, #898c89 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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