Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Directed by Peter Weir · Cinematography by Russell Boyd
PG115 min64 frames
DramaMystery
On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.
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What is Picnic at Hanging Rock about?
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay by Cliff Green, based on the 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay. The film stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver. The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine's Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community.
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Across 64 sampled frames, Picnic at Hanging Rock builds its coverage from wide compositions (34% of the sample), with close-ups (25%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Russell Boyd keeps 72% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 58% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1900s and 1910s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) are #332f2b, #55504a, #d6d3c6, #d1c7b2, #a69a89, #a59279 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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