Timbuktu (2014)
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako · Cinematography by Sofian El Fani
PG-1396 min46 frames
DramaWar
A song for freedom.
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Timbuktu — official trailer
What is Timbuktu about?
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
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What does the cinematography of Timbuktu look like?
Sampled across 46 frames, the coverage of Timbuktu leans on wide compositions (48% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Sofian El Fani keeps 78% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 74% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of Timbuktu?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Timbuktu (2014) are #d1b48f, #ad906e, #cea972, #34312e, #55534c, #e8d2af — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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