Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Directed by Tom Ford · Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey

R116 min45 frames

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What is Nocturnal Animals about?

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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What does the cinematography of Nocturnal Animals look like?

Across 42 sampled frames, Nocturnal Animals builds its coverage from close-ups (38% of the sample), with medium shots (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey keeps 64% of it in soft, low-key light. 74% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Nocturnal Animals?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Nocturnal Animals (2016) are #0f0e0d, #302e2f, #f6f5f4, #261b13, #524e4e, #1a242c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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