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The Favourite (2018)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · Cinematography by Robbie Ryan

R119 min60 frames

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What is The Favourite about?

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

Where can you watch The Favourite?

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What does the cinematography of The Favourite look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of The Favourite leans on wide compositions (47% of the sample) and medium shots (32%). Cinematographer Robbie Ryan keeps 46% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 68% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 56% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Favourite?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Favourite (2018) are #35342e, #12100e, #d7d3c8, #554837, #241b13, #2e2215 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #12100e
  • #d7d3c8
  • #554837
  • #241b13
  • #2e2215

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