The Art of Self Defence (2019)
Directed by Riley Stearns · Cinematography by Michael Ragen
R104 min60 frames
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What is The Art of Self Defence about?
Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.
The Art of Self-Defense is a 2019 American martial arts black comedy film written and directed by Riley Stearns and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots. It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2019, and was released in the United States on July 12, 2019, by Bleecker Street.
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What does the cinematography of The Art of Self Defence look like?
Across 60 sampled frames, The Art of Self Defence builds its coverage from medium shots (53% of the sample), with wide compositions (18%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Michael Ragen keeps 45% of it in soft, low-key light. 48% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Art of Self Defence (2019) are #332f2a, #15120f, #261713, #312419, #4d372c, #544f49 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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