The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Directed by Mark Pellington · Cinematography by Fred Murphy

PG-13119 min62 frames

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What is The Mothman Prophecies about?

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 American supernatural horror film directed by Mark Pellington, and starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney, with Will Patton, Debra Messing, Alan Bates, and Lucinda Jenney in supporting roles. Based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and Fortean author John Keel, the screenplay was written by Richard Hatem.

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What does the cinematography of The Mothman Prophecies look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, The Mothman Prophecies builds its coverage from close-ups (39% of the sample), with wide compositions (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Fred Murphy keeps 48% of it in soft, low-key light. 60% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Mothman Prophecies (2002) are #2f2f2f, #121312, #51504d, #90928d, #241919, #492e2c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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