Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

Directed by George Lucas · Cinematography by David Tattersall

PG136 min82 frames

AdventureActionScience Fiction

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What is Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace about?

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.

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What does the cinematography of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace look like?

Sampled across 81 frames, the coverage of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace leans on wide compositions (49% of the sample) and medium shots (26%). Cinematographer David Tattersall keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 73% of the frames. The production design places the film in a fantasy world.

What is the color palette of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) are #2f2c2d, #53504e, #0f1011, #d5d2cd, #f7f6f6, #988a76 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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