The Thing (1982)
Directed by John Carpenter · Cinematography by Dean Cundey
R109 min52 frames
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The Thing — official trailer
What is The Thing about?
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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What does the cinematography of The Thing look like?
Sampled across 52 frames, the coverage of The Thing leans on medium shots (50% of the sample) and wide compositions (23%). Cinematographer Dean Cundey keeps 69% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 71% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
What is the color palette of The Thing?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Thing (1982) are #302e2f, #141111, #524f50, #251a11, #463b33, #0c0c2a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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