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Skin (2009)

Directed by Anthony Fabian

PG-13107 min182 frames

Drama

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Skin (2009) movie still: closeup — A close-up shot focuses on hands operating electric clippers on someone's head. The person holding the clippers…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — A sterile room with green walls and clinical furniture in the background. A tattooed man in a black jacket sits in…Skin (2009) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room with a plain wall in the background. A young man in a camouflage jacket looks toward the camera…Skin (2009) movie still: closeup — The interior of a vehicle at night with blurred city lights in the background. A man with a shaved head and neck…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with a man sitting on a couch in the foreground. The man has prominent tattoos on his face and…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — A dimly lit home office wall is covered with numerous photographs and printed documents. A man sits at a desk…Skin (2009) movie still: closeup — An outdoor area with a blurred blue vehicle visible in the distance. A man with heavy face tattoos shouts while…Skin (2009) movie still: closeup — The interior of a vehicle on a rainy day features rain-streaked glass. A woman sits in the driver's seat looking…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — An outdoor stage area features a dark red structure in the background and blurred trees. A man with a beard and a…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with closed blinds and a coffee table covered in discarded cans. A man stands in the center…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — A dimly lit apartment room contains a group of people in the background. A child sits at a table in the foreground…Skin (2009) movie still: fullbody — A man stands on a rocky shore overlooking a large, calm body of water. He holds a small, thin object in his…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — A dimly lit narrow hallway with shadowed walls and dark wooden flooring. A tattooed man lies face down on the…Skin (2009) movie still: closeup — A dark vehicle interior is illuminated by a single window light source. A middle-aged man with glasses and a…Skin (2009) movie still: medium — An interior space contains a young woman and an out-of-focus individual in the foreground. The girl turns her head…Skin (2009) movie still: closeup — Close-up view of a tattoo machine needle piercing human skin with black ink. Red lighting bathes the entire frame…
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Skin — official trailer

What is Skin about?

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Skin is a 2008 biographical drama film directed by Anthony Fabian. It is based on the book When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race by Judith Stone, and the life of Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents, who was classified as "Coloured" during the apartheid era, presumably due to a genetic case of atavism.

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Where can you watch Skin?

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What does the cinematography of Skin look like?

Sampled across 177 frames, the coverage of Skin leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and close-ups (41%). The lighting keeps 55% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 46% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 85% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Skin?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Skin (2009) are #2f302e, #50524e, #141414, #aeb0ad, #8e908c, #29241b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #141414
  • #aeb0ad
  • #8e908c
  • #29241b

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