The Possession (1950)

Stills, screencaps & shots from The Possession

16 of 106 frames — the full set is searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color and mood with a free account.

What is The Possession about?

Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.

Who stars in The Possession?

• Jorge Negreteas Román Ruiz
• Miroslavaas Rosaura Díaz
• Eva Martinoas Lupe

Who made The Possession?

• Julio BrachoDirector
• Raúl Martínez SolaresCinematography
• JJesús GrovasProducer

What does the cinematography of The Possession look like?

Across 106 sampled frames, The Possession builds its coverage from medium shots (50% of the sample), with close-ups (41%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Raúl Martínez Solares keeps 89% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. 90% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 97% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Possession?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Possession (1950) are #302f2c, #131311, #514f4a, #48382e, #261b14, #29231c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

• #302f2c
• #131311
• #514f4a
• #48382e
• #261b14
• #29231c

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

Techniques in this film

• Anamorphic Lens Shots
• Shallow Depth of Field
• Night Scenes
• Low-Key Lighting
• Close-Up Shots

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