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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · Cinematography by Greig Fraser

R157 min61 frames

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What is Zero Dark Thirty about?

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, the film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist network al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks, which culminates in the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the U.S. military raid where bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011. It stars Jessica Chastain as Maya, a fictional CIA intelligence analyst, with Jason Clarke and Joel Edgerton appearing in supporting roles.

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What does the cinematography of Zero Dark Thirty look like?

Across 59 sampled frames, Zero Dark Thirty builds its coverage from close-ups (32% of the sample), with medium shots (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Greig Fraser keeps 44% of it in soft, low-key light. 42% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 61% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Zero Dark Thirty?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Zero Dark Thirty (2012) are #2f2f2b, #0f0e0d, #55514a, #524636, #2b231b, #d4d1cb — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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