The Big Blue (1988)
Directed by Luc Besson · Cinematography by Carlo Varini
PG168 min63 frames
RomanceAdventureDrama
Danger...Like Passion...Runs Deep
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The Big Blue — official trailer
What is The Big Blue about?
Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful American insurance investigator, and finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.
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What does the cinematography of The Big Blue look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, The Big Blue builds its coverage from medium shots (32% of the sample), with wide compositions (30%) carrying much of the rest. Low angles recur throughout. Cinematographer Carlo Varini keeps 54% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 60% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The Big Blue?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Big Blue (1988) are #cfd1ce, #f6f7f8, #313231, #070809, #717471, #52514b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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