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The Midnight Sky (2020)

Directed by George Clooney · Cinematography by Martin Ruhe

PG-13118 min65 frames

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The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: medium — A modern canteen space features long white tables and large floor-to-ceiling windows. A man with a…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — An interior industrial space has an open doorway leading to a desert at sunset. A lone silhouette stands…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: fullbody — An adult and a child stand on a mountain ridge at night. They look toward the distant horizon where…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — A dense rocky gorge features a small waterfall feeding into a turquoise stream. A woman in a dark…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: closeup — A woman stands in a plain, featureless interior space with white walls. She tilts her head slightly…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — A cavern formed within deep blue glacial ice with smooth, undulating surfaces. Two people in winter…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — A complex metallic interior features a central circular module within a large grid frame. The mechanical…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: medium — A dark breakroom features a smooth, flat table surface and plain, dark walls. The man rests his hands…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: medium — A dimly lit, narrow metallic cabin features a small white table between two people. An elderly man and…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — A narrow, dark canyon has towering rock walls covered in patches of bright orange moss. A thin waterfall…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — A dark auditorium holds a large seated audience watching a solitary speaker. A man in a suit stands…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: medium — A dark, high-tech command center features glowing computer displays and a large table console. An…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: medium — A dark, modern command center features large wall displays showing complex meteorological data maps. A…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit interior space features a dark, unadorned background. A woman looks off-camera while…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — A complex modular space station with large hexagonal solar arrays floats against deep space. The…The Midnight Sky (2020) movie still: wide — A remote arctic research facility with a radome and large satellite dish at dusk. Mountains surround the…
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What is The Midnight Sky about?

A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

The Midnight Sky is a 2020 American science fiction film directed by George Clooney based on the 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. The script was written by Mark L. Smith. Clooney plays a leading role in his film, as an aging scientist who must venture across the frigid Arctic Circle to warn off a returning interplanetary spaceship following a global catastrophe on Earth. Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir, Kyle Chandler, and Caoilinn Springall also star in this film.

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What does the cinematography of The Midnight Sky look like?

Sampled across 65 frames, the coverage of The Midnight Sky leans on medium shots (51% of the sample) and wide compositions (26%). Cinematographer Martin Ruhe keeps 57% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 55% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 63% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Midnight Sky?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Midnight Sky (2020) are #0b0f12, #2c3132, #16282e, #304d58, #4c4e4b, #a8b0b3 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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