The Set-Up (1949)
Directed by Robert Wise · Cinematography by Milton Krasner
Approved73 min62 frames
DramaCrime
I want a man … not a human punching bag!
Stills, screencaps & shots from The Set-Up
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What is The Set-Up about?
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Where can you watch The Set-Up?
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What does the cinematography of The Set-Up look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, medium shots dominate the coverage of The Set-Up (60% of the sample). Cinematographer Milton Krasner keeps 71% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. 77% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 73% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of The Set-Up?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Set-Up (1949) are #020202, #8b8b8b, #cbcbcb, #313131, #fbfbfb, #474747 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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