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The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

Directed by Jonathan Demme · Cinematography by Tak Fujimoto

R118 min56 frames

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To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.

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What is The Silence Of The Lambs about?

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

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What does the cinematography of The Silence Of The Lambs look like?

Across 56 sampled frames, The Silence Of The Lambs builds its coverage from close-ups (54% of the sample), with medium shots (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Tak Fujimoto keeps 59% of it in soft, low-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 79% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.

What is the color palette of The Silence Of The Lambs?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) are #2f2d2b, #51504c, #74726e, #908f8d, #111010, #231713 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #908f8d
  • #111010
  • #231713

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