The Stepfather (2009)
Directed by Nelson McCormick · Cinematography by Patrick Cady
PG-13101 min168 frames
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This fall, daddy's home.
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The Stepfather — official trailer
What is The Stepfather about?
Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
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What does the cinematography of The Stepfather look like?
Across 166 sampled frames, The Stepfather builds its coverage from medium shots (62% of the sample), with close-ups (20%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Patrick Cady keeps 58% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 84% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Stepfather?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Stepfather (2009) are #31312e, #d4d3cc, #50524b, #f6f5f2, #121312, #8f918c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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