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The Hunger Games (2012)

Directed by Gary Ross · Cinematography by Tom Stern

PG-13142 min63 frames

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What is The Hunger Games about?

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian film directed by Gary Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Collins. It is the first installment in The Hunger Games film series. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. In the film, Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) are forced to compete in the Hunger Games, an elaborate televised fight to the death consisting of adolescent contestants.

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What does the cinematography of The Hunger Games look like?

Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of The Hunger Games leans on wide compositions (32% of the sample) and close-ups (24%). Cinematographer Tom Stern keeps 50% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 56% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Hunger Games?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Hunger Games (2012) are #2a312c, #0d1110, #4a524d, #8d908d, #364732, #cfd0d1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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