The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Directed by Tobe Hooper · Cinematography by Richard Kooris
101 min47 frames
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What is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 about?
A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.
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What does the cinematography of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 look like?
Across 47 sampled frames, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 builds its coverage from medium shots (57% of the sample), with wide compositions (28%) carrying much of the rest. Low angles recur throughout. Cinematographer Richard Kooris keeps 51% of it in low-key light. 66% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) are #100e0d, #302f2c, #2a150e, #322719, #d2d0cb, #4e4f4b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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