The Terminator (1984)
Directed by James Cameron · Cinematography by Adam Greenberg
R107 min53 frames
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Your future is in its hands.
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What is The Terminator about?
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
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What does the cinematography of The Terminator look like?
Across 53 sampled frames, The Terminator builds its coverage from close-ups (40% of the sample), with medium shots (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Adam Greenberg keeps 81% of it in low-key light. 74% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
What is the color palette of The Terminator?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Terminator (1984) are #31302e, #0e1213, #0b1928, #53534b, #142b33, #374a4f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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