The Plea (1968)

Directed by Dick Fontaine

60 min59 frames

Documentary

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Stills, screencaps & shots from The Plea

16 of 59 frames — the full set is searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color and mood with a free account.

The Plea (1968) movie still: closeup — A dark stone-walled room is lit only by low-intensity candles near the subject. The aged man in chainmail… — The Plea (1968) — © the respective rights holders

The Plea (1968) movie still: wide — A remote mountain pass features steep dark ridges dusted with patches of snow. A small line of people walks… — The Plea (1968) — © the respective rights holders

What is The Plea about?

Portrait of Norman Mailer at the time of the Pentagon demonstrations in 1967, documenting Mailer's involvement and arrest, together with two TV appearances and shooting on the set of his second film 'Beyond the Law'.

Who stars in The Plea?

Who made The Plea?

Dick FontaineDirector

What does the cinematography of The Plea look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of The Plea leans on wide compositions (29% of the sample) and close-ups (25%). The camera returns again and again to high angles. The lighting keeps 54% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 78% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 59% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Plea?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Plea (1968) are #030303, #fcfcfc, #2f2f2f, #8b8b8b, #6f6f6f, #474747 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

#030303
#fcfcfc
#2f2f2f
#8b8b8b
#6f6f6f
#474747

See the full The Plea colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

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