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The Black Phone (2021)

Directed by Scott Derrickson · Cinematography by Brett Jutkiewicz

R103 min58 frames

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Never talk to strangers.

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What is The Black Phone about?

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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What does the cinematography of The Black Phone look like?

Across 54 sampled frames, The Black Phone builds its coverage from medium shots (33% of the sample), with close-ups (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Brett Jutkiewicz keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. 48% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Black Phone?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Black Phone (2021) are #32302c, #55524b, #918675, #231a16, #191715, #47372e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #231a16
  • #191715
  • #47372e

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