RoboCop (2014)

Directed by José Padilha · Cinematography by Lula Carvalho

PG-13117 min131 frames

ActionAdventureCrimeScience Fiction

Crime has a new enemy.

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RoboCop (2014) movie still: medium — An exterior night setting features a man standing beside a vertical red neon pole. The man wears a leather… — RoboCop (2014) — © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures

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RoboCop — official trailer

What is RoboCop about?

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

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What does the cinematography of RoboCop look like?

Across 131 sampled frames, RoboCop builds its coverage from medium shots (65% of the sample), with close-ups (18%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Lula Carvalho keeps 37% of it in soft, low-key light. 43% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 71% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of RoboCop?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of RoboCop (2014) are #2f2f30, #515050, #d1d1cf, #8d8e8d, #131212, #f5f5f5 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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