Sunshine
Directed by Danny Boyle · Cinematography by Alwin H. Küchler
R107 min63 frames
Science FictionThriller
If the sun dies, so do we.
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Sunshine — official trailer
What is Sunshine about?
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It features an ensemble cast, including Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, and Michelle Yeoh. Set in 2057 as a global freeze threatens human extinction, the film follows the crew of a spacecraft on a mission to deliver a stellar bomb intended to reignite the dying Sun.
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Where can you watch Sunshine?
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What does the cinematography of Sunshine look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Sunshine leans on close-ups (43% of the sample) and wide compositions (30%). Cinematographer Alwin H. Küchler keeps 51% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 43% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 62% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Sunshine?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Sunshine are #0b0c0b, #2e3131, #4d5252, #0b1a2a, #0f2f47, #f68c0e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
#0b0c0b#2e3131#4d5252#0b1a2a#0f2f47#f68c0e
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