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Shame (2011)

Directed by Steve McQueen · Cinematography by Sean Bobbitt

NC-17101 min50 frames

Drama

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Shame — official trailer

What is Shame about?

Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.

Shame is a 2011 British psychological drama film produced by Film4 and See-Saw Films, directed by Steve McQueen, and co-written by McQueen and Abi Morgan. It stars Michael Fassbender as a sex addicted New Yorker named Brandon, whose life starts to unravel when his younger sister shows up in his life. The film's explicit scenes reflecting the protagonist's sexual addiction resulted in a rating of NC-17 in the United States.

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What does the cinematography of Shame look like?

Sampled across 50 frames, the coverage of Shame leans heavily on medium shots (66% of the sample). Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt keeps 70% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 74% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 82% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Shame?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Shame (2011) are #2e312f, #121310, #8e948f, #172726, #acb0af, #374848 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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