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The Omen (1976)

Directed by Richard Donner · Cinematography by Gilbert Taylor

R111 min63 frames

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What is The Omen about?

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.

Where can you watch The Omen?

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What does the cinematography of The Omen look like?

Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of The Omen leans on medium shots (32% of the sample) and close-ups (27%). Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor keeps 52% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 51% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 62% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of The Omen?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Omen (1976) are #2e2c2a, #120f0e, #483730, #55504b, #241512, #89776c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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