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Rope (1948)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Cinematography by Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall

Approved80 min36 frames

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It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot! From beginning to end, nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE!

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Stills, screencaps & shots from Rope

16 of 36 frames — the full set is searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color and mood with a free account.

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Rope — official trailer

What is Rope about?

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

Where can you watch Rope?

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What does the cinematography of Rope look like?

Sampled across 36 frames, the coverage of Rope leans on medium shots and wide compositions. Cinematographer Joseph A. Valentine keeps most of it in soft, high-key light. Night and dusk account for most of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.

What is the color palette of Rope?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Rope (1948) are #312d2e, #52504f, #2c334b, #89796f, #766e67, #d4c7b4 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #2c334b
  • #89796f
  • #766e67
  • #d4c7b4

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