The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Directed by Henry Selick · Cinematography by Pete Kozachik
PG76 min70 frames
FantasyAnimationFamily
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The Nightmare Before Christmas — official trailer
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas about?
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
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What does the cinematography of The Nightmare Before Christmas look like?
Sampled across 70 frames, the coverage of The Nightmare Before Christmas leans on wide compositions (39% of the sample) and medium shots (39%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Pete Kozachik keeps 81% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 96% of the frames. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 59% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The Nightmare Before Christmas?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) are #0f0e10, #313031, #f8f7f6, #48484b, #303149, #271813 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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