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The Ugly Swans (2006)

Directed by Konstantin Lopushansky · Cinematography by Vladislav Gurtchin

105 min42 frames

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The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — A dimly lit, blurred bar interior features red walls and small warm table lamps. A man with glasses and…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — A dimly lit school hallway features scientific posters on the wall and wooden benches. A hooded figure…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: wide — A row of wooden chairs sits in a sandy patch at night. The view is seen through a circular reticle display.The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — An exterior nighttime space features wet wooden walls and multiple framed window openings. A man stands…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: closeup — A man lies on a dark, intricately patterned carpet next to a stack of newspapers. The man looks upward…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: establishing — A narrow concrete hallway features industrial cage lights mounted along the wall. Smoke pours from…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — A dark train car interior is illuminated solely by intense red cabin lights. A man in a suit looks…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — A dark wooden train compartment interior features a rain-streaked window at night. An elderly man with a…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: fullbody — An interior staircase with wooden steps and a metallic silver handrail sits at night. A short man…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: closeup — A man stands on a porch with green fields and trees in the distance. The man looks toward the side…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — A dimly lit street at night under heavy rain with orange ambient lighting. A man in a raincoat faces a…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: closeup — A man stands in an indoor area with blurred figures visible in the background. He is centered in the…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: wide — A desolate urban space covered in scattered debris and wreckage from a collapsed building. A lone man…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: closeup — A man stands indoors next to a textured, rough wall illuminated by orange light. The man has brown hair…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room features a tall, narrow window with dark vertical iron bars. A young girl in a dark…The Ugly Swans (2006) movie still: medium — A man stands in a dark room illuminated only by a side light source. He wears thin glasses and gazes…
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What is The Ugly Swans about?

In the near future, writer Victor Banev gets himself on a UN commission to investigate what's going on in the remote town of Tashlinsk, where reports tell of a virus-created race of brainiac mutants. Banev's tween daughter Ira is enrolled at a school for gifted children which has been taken over by the mutants, who have grown to despise ordinary humanity.

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What does the cinematography of The Ugly Swans look like?

Sampled across 42 frames, the coverage of The Ugly Swans leans on medium shots (52% of the sample) and wide compositions (21%). Cinematographer Vladislav Gurtchin keeps 90% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 95% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 74% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Ugly Swans?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Ugly Swans (2006) are #0e0c0c, #2b0c05, #2f3332, #4d0d03, #8c0804, #19262c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #2b0c05
  • #2f3332
  • #4d0d03
  • #8c0804
  • #19262c

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