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Where The Wild Things Are (2009)

Directed by Spike Jonze · Cinematography by Lance Acord

PG101 min63 frames

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Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: medium — A dense cluster of vertical trees forms a muted woodland backdrop under daylight. A child in…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: medium — A hollowed-out snow structure provides a small shelter for a person inside. The boy reclines…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: closeup — A silver metal plaque with an engraved inscription sits mounted on a wooden object. The text…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: wide — A vast ocean coastline during golden hour with distant hills and a small boat. Two large fuzzy…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: wide — A dark wooded area is filled with thick haze and warm flickering light. A large furry creature…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: fullbody — A rocky and barren quarry terrain under the late afternoon golden hour sun. A young boy…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: medium — A snowy dark environment at night with blurred trees in the background. A young boy wears a…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: closeup — An avian fantasy creature sits outdoors in a desert landscape during the day. The creature…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: wide — An arid desert expanse features an elaborate, arched structure built from bundled dry straw.…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: closeup — A hazy, sun-drenched outdoor field filled with soft golden light and subtle dust particles.…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: medium — An arid, rocky, and uneven desert landscape stretches out under a heavy overcast sky. A child…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: wide — A dark, wet residential street at night illuminated by distant orange streetlights. A person…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: medium — An outdoor area with a large grey rock and blurry vegetation in the background. A human child…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: medium — A dark, charred forest filled with thin, soot-covered trunks and scattered yellow underbrush.…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: closeup — A close view of a child hugging a large, dark brown, shaggy creature outside. The child…Where The Wild Things Are (2009) movie still: medium — A residential living room contains a sofa and a wooden coffee table at night. A man and woman…
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Where The Wild Things Are — official trailer

What is Where The Wild Things Are about?

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 fantasy adventure drama film directed by Spike Jonze, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dave Eggers. Based on Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book, it combines live-action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI). The film stars Max Records, Catherine Keener, and Mark Ruffalo, and the voices of Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, and Forest Whitaker. The film centres on a young boy named Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things", who declare him king.

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What does the cinematography of Where The Wild Things Are look like?

Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Where The Wild Things Are leans on medium shots (38% of the sample) and close-ups (30%). Cinematographer Lance Acord keeps 62% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Where The Wild Things Are?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Where The Wild Things Are (2009) are #363027, #15110c, #544939, #8f7356, #31271a, #ab9172 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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