Possessor (2020)

Directed by Brandon Cronenberg · Cinematography by Karim Hussain

R103 min53 frames

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What is Possessor about?

Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

Possessor is a 2020 science fiction psychological horror film written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg. It stars Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott, with Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in supporting roles. Riseborough portrays an assassin who performs her assignments through possessing the bodies of other individuals, but finds herself fighting to control the body of her current host (Abbott).

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What does the cinematography of Possessor look like?

Across 53 sampled frames, Possessor builds its coverage from close-ups (51% of the sample), with medium shots (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Karim Hussain keeps 58% of it in soft, low-key light. 55% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 81% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Possessor?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Possessor (2020) are #12100f, #32302d, #514f4c, #737370, #2a100f, #f3f2f0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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