The Disaster Artist (2017)

Directed by James Franco · Cinematography by Brandon Trost

R104 min65 frames

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Based on the true story of one movie so bad it became infamous.

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What is The Disaster Artist about?

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

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What does the cinematography of The Disaster Artist look like?

Across 65 sampled frames, The Disaster Artist builds its coverage from medium shots (52% of the sample), with wide compositions (23%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Brandon Trost keeps 49% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 51% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Disaster Artist?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Disaster Artist (2017) are #332e29, #11110f, #555048, #47352d, #d2c9b6, #faf8f6 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #47352d
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