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Starter for 10 (2006)

Directed by Tom Vaughan · Cinematography by Ashley Rowe

PG-1392 min81 frames

DramaComedyRomance

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What is Starter for 10 about?

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

Starter for 10 is a 2006 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by David Nicholls, adapted from his 2003 novel Starter for Ten. The film stars James McAvoy as a university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2006, and was released in the UK and Ireland on 10 November 2006, and in Canada and the US on 23 February 2007.

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What does the cinematography of Starter for 10 look like?

Across 81 sampled frames, Starter for 10 builds its coverage from medium shots (62% of the sample), with wide compositions (19%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Ashley Rowe keeps 69% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Starter for 10?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Starter for 10 (2006) are #302e2d, #52514e, #d3d1ca, #f0eeed, #8f8f8d, #aeafae — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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