Nomadland (2020)
Directed by Chloé Zhao · Cinematography by Joshua James Richards
R107 min63 frames
Drama
See you down the road.
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What is Nomadland about?
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film written, directed, edited and co-produced by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves her life in Nevada to drift around the United States in her van. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role.
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What does the cinematography of Nomadland look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Nomadland leans on wide compositions (43% of the sample) and medium shots (21%). Cinematographer Joshua James Richards keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 54% of the frames. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Nomadland?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Nomadland (2020) are #2e2d2f, #52504f, #313548, #888b8e, #b0b1b0, #71716e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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