The Naked City (1948)
Directed by Jules Dassin · Cinematography by William H. Daniels
Approved96 min47 frames
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The soul of a city. Her glory stripped! Her passion bared!
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The Naked City — official trailer
What is The Naked City about?
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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What does the cinematography of The Naked City look like?
Across 47 sampled frames, The Naked City builds its coverage from medium shots (51% of the sample), with wide compositions (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer William H. Daniels keeps 43% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 79% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of The Naked City?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Naked City (1948) are #040404, #8b8b8b, #2e2e2e, #4a4a4a, #cacaca, #6c6c6c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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