Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Directed by Jared Hess · Cinematography by Munn Powell
PG96 min64 frames
Comedy
He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove.
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What is Napoleon Dynamite about?
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jared Hess, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess, and produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt, and Sean Covel. It stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite, a nerdy high-school student who deals with several dilemmas: befriending an immigrant who wants to be class president, awkwardly pursuing a romance with a fellow student, and living with his quirky family.
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What does the cinematography of Napoleon Dynamite look like?
Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of Napoleon Dynamite leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and full-body frames (23%). Cinematographer Munn Powell keeps 48% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 78% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 69% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 2000s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Napoleon Dynamite (2004) are #f4f4f3, #d4d3d0, #303130, #483a30, #303446, #eae5d1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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