Phase IV (1974)
Directed by Saul Bass · Cinematography by Dick Bush
PG84 min55 frames
HorrorScience Fiction
The day the Earth was turned into a cemetery!
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Phase IV — official trailer
What is Phase IV about?
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Phase IV is a 1974 science fiction horror film directed by graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass. It was written by Mayo Simon, who used H. G. Wells's 1905 short story "Empire of the Ants" as inspiration. The film stars Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, and Lynne Frederick.
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What does the cinematography of Phase IV look like?
Sampled across 55 frames, the coverage of Phase IV leans on close-ups (42% of the sample) and wide compositions (24%). Cinematographer Dick Bush keeps 47% of it in naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of Phase IV?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Phase IV (1974) are #d0d1cf, #0a0a0b, #343230, #f2f1f0, #aeb1af, #0f192d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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