Monkeybone (2001)
Directed by Henry Selick · Cinematography by Andrew Dunn
PG-1393 min59 frames
AdventureFantasyAnimationComedy
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What is Monkeybone about?
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!
Monkeybone is a 2001 American dark fantasy comedy film directed by Henry Selick, written by Sam Hamm, produced by Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe and executive produced by Chris Columbus, Selick and Hamm. Combining live action with mostly stop-motion animation and loosely based on Kaja Blackley's graphic novel Dark Town, the film stars Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Giancarlo Esposito, Rose McGowan, Whoopi Goldberg and John Turturro as the voice of the titular character. It tells the story of a cartoonist who falls into a coma, where he ends up in the otherworldly Down Town as he runs into his titular creation and tries to return to the living world while contending with an evil plot to supply Down Town with nightmares.
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What does the cinematography of Monkeybone look like?
Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Monkeybone leans on medium shots (54% of the sample) and close-ups (20%). The camera returns again and again to high angles. Cinematographer Andrew Dunn keeps 53% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 63% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Monkeybone?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Monkeybone (2001) are #2f2d2d, #090809, #f6f6f6, #d3d2d0, #313650, #717171 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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