The Happening (2008)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · Cinematography by Tak Fujimoto
R91 min60 frames
ThrillerScience Fiction
We've sensed it. We've seen the signs. Now...it's happening.
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The Happening — official trailer
What is The Happening about?
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film produced, written, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, and Betty Buckley. The story revolves around an inexplicable natural disaster causing mass suicides.
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What does the cinematography of The Happening look like?
Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Happening leans on medium shots (33% of the sample) and wide compositions (30%). Cinematographer Tak Fujimoto keeps 70% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 80% of the frames play in daylight.
What is the color palette of The Happening?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Happening (2008) are #33332e, #52554c, #d5d4cd, #8d9177, #8b7b6c, #adafa7 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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