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War Dogs (2016)

Directed by Todd Phillips · Cinematography by Lawrence Sher

R114 min170 frames

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What is War Dogs about?

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

War Dogs is a 2016 American black comedy crime film directed by Todd Phillips, and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on the 2011 Rolling Stone article "Arms and the Dudes" by Guy Lawson. It stars Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, and Bradley Cooper, who also produced. The film follows two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who receive a U.S. Army contract to supply ammunitions for the Afghan National Army worth approximately $300 million.

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What does the cinematography of War Dogs look like?

Across 170 sampled frames, War Dogs builds its coverage from medium shots (64% of the sample), with wide compositions (16%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Lawrence Sher keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 78% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of War Dogs?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of War Dogs (2016) are #2f302f, #50534f, #f7f8f7, #0e0f0d, #d2d2cd, #cdb391 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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