The ABCs of Death (2012)
Directed by Xavier Gens, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Bruno Forzani, Jason Eisener, Adrián García Bogliano, Marcel Sarmiento, Lee Hardcastle, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Ben Wheatley, Jon Schnepp, Jorge Michel Grau, Timo Tjahjanto, Noboru Iguchi, Srđan Spasojević, Adam Wingard, Angela Bettis, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Jake West, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Yudai Yamaguchi, Hélène Cattet, Ti West, Anders Morgenthaler, Kaare Andrews · Cinematography by Nicolás Ibieta, Chris Hilleke, Ernesto Herrera, Milton Kam, Nemanja Jovanov, Shu G. Momose, Jon D. Domínguez, Karim Hussain, Antoine Marteau, Jon Schnepp, Magnus Flåto, Manuel Dacosse, Chayse Irvin, Laurie Rose, Yasutaka Nagano, Harris Charalambous
129 min46 frames
Horror
26 directors, 26 ways to die.
Stills, screencaps & shots from The ABCs of Death
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The ABCs of Death — official trailer
What is The ABCs of Death about?
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.
Where can you watch The ABCs of Death?
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What does the cinematography of The ABCs of Death look like?
Across 46 sampled frames, The ABCs of Death builds its coverage from medium shots (39% of the sample), with close-ups (28%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Nicolás Ibieta keeps 50% of it in soft, low-key light. 50% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 61% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The ABCs of Death?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The ABCs of Death (2012) are #0c0909, #2d2d2d, #f7f6f6, #4d4e4d, #b0aeaa, #d7d5d1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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More films by Xavier Gens, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Bruno Forzani, Jason Eisener, Adrián García Bogliano, Marcel Sarmiento, Lee Hardcastle, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Ben Wheatley, Jon Schnepp, Jorge Michel Grau, Timo Tjahjanto, Noboru Iguchi, Srđan Spasojević, Adam Wingard, Angela Bettis, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Jake West, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Yudai Yamaguchi, Hélène Cattet, Ti West, Anders Morgenthaler, Kaare Andrews
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