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Scrooged (1988)

Directed by Richard Donner · Cinematography by Michael Chapman

PG-13101 min59 frames

FantasyComedyDrama

The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.

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Scrooged (1988) movie still: medium — A dark office features a large wall covered by a grid of television monitors. A man sits at a glass desk with…Scrooged (1988) movie still: medium — A television studio features painted backdrops of a snowy winter town set. A man in a suit stands in the…Scrooged (1988) movie still: medium — A dark basement with exposed brick walls, pipes, and hanging icicles from the ceiling. A man in a frozen…Scrooged (1988) movie still: medium — An interior space features a dark red wall and a television with static. A man in a white shirt points a…Scrooged (1988) movie still: closeup — A dark, featureless studio setting with a subject centered in the frame. The man sits in a chair, facing the…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A wall displays a grid of nine identical monitors in a dark room. Each screen shows the same image of a man with…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A theatrical set designed to look like a snowy Victorian town square with painted backdrops. A man leans out of…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A dark boardroom is illuminated by a grid of nine glowing television screens. Five colleagues sit at a glass…Scrooged (1988) movie still: closeup — A woman wearing a dark beret is shown in a tight close-up frame. She is looking slightly off-camera with a…Scrooged (1988) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit interior space with dark shadows concealing the surroundings. A man faces the camera directly…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A dark, wet city plaza at night is illuminated by illuminated decorative evergreen trees. Reflections of the…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A snow-covered village features gabled houses with stained glass windows at night. A decorated Christmas tree…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A high-rise glass facade displays the illuminated grid of a surrounding city skyline at night. A man in a formal…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A spacious hall with large stone tiles and a central, wall-inset fireplace. Three individuals walk past a casket…Scrooged (1988) movie still: medium — A dark, indistinct indoor space with hazy, low-contrast atmosphere. An elderly male figure with decaying…Scrooged (1988) movie still: wide — A snowy outdoor area features a wooden signpost reading North Pole and multiple lanterns. A frosted, lit window…
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Scrooged — official trailer

What is Scrooged about?

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

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What does the cinematography of Scrooged look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Scrooged leans on medium shots (34% of the sample) and wide compositions (34%). Cinematographer Michael Chapman keeps 54% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 64% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of Scrooged?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Scrooged (1988) are #2e2c2c, #0c0b0b, #504d4f, #d3cfcc, #f7f7f8, #78716f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #0c0b0b
  • #504d4f
  • #d3cfcc
  • #f7f7f8
  • #78716f

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