Paul (2011)
Directed by Greg Mottola · Cinematography by Lawrence Sher
R104 min64 frames
AdventureComedyScience Fiction
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What is Paul about?
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
Paul is a 2011 live-action animated science fiction comedy road film directed by Greg Mottola and written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who star alongside Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, John Carroll Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, and Seth Rogen as the voice and motion capture of the title character. The film follows two science fiction geeks who come across an alien who is being pursued by Secret Service agents. Together, they help the alien escape so that he can return to his home planet.
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What does the cinematography of Paul look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Paul leans on wide compositions (35% of the sample) and close-ups (32%). Cinematographer Lawrence Sher keeps 49% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 54% 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 Paul?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Paul (2011) are #30322f, #51514a, #0e1110, #72736c, #91938e, #d2cdb4 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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