Skyscraper (2018)

Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber · Cinematography by Robert Elswit

PG-13102 min78 frames

ActionThrillerAdventure

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What is Skyscraper about?

Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.

Skyscraper is a 2018 American action thriller film starring Dwayne Johnson as a former FBI agent who must rescue his family from a newly built Hong Kong skyscraper, the tallest in the world, after terrorists set the building on fire in an attempt to extort the property developer. Written, produced, and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, it co-stars Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Noah Taylor, Byron Mann, Pablo Schreiber, and Hannah Quinlivan.

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What does the cinematography of Skyscraper look like?

Sampled across 75 frames, the coverage of Skyscraper leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (40%). Cinematographer Robert Elswit keeps 68% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 69% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 83% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Skyscraper?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Skyscraper (2018) are #312f2e, #100f0f, #56514c, #d2d1d0, #f8f8f8, #abadae — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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