12 Years a Slave cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

2013 · 449 frames · Directed by Steve McQueen

Explore 449 frames from 12 Years a Slave and study the film’s composition, color palette, lighting, shot scale and aspect ratio. Open any frame to use composition guides, color analysis and false color tools.

449 frames 2.40:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — walking, boat, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted teal
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — bird, forest
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — sitting, dog, house
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — standing, hand, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — walking, hat, forest
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — hat, hand, gun
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — flower, person, human face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — walking, hat, hand
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — water, window
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — sitting, horse, train
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — standing, dress, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — standing, room, beard
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — walking, face, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — sitting, standing, door
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — standing, knife, person
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Wide shot · High brightness · Yellow
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — sitting, standing, plate
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — standing, house, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — standing, hat, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from 12 Years a Slave — standing, dialogue, hat
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black

Visual profile of 12 Years a Slave

This visual profile is calculated from 449 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of 12 Years a Slave

Dark orange 15.6% · 308 frames Dark green 10.5% · 209 frames Dark gray 10.2% · 239 frames Gray 10% · 338 frames Muted green 9.2% · 305 frames Dark yellow 8.8% · 171 frames Black 7.4% · 183 frames Muted yellow 7.2% · 262 frames Muted orange 6% · 209 frames Light green 4.4% · 230 frames Dark red 3.2% · 82 frames Dark blue 2.1% · 38 frames Dark teal 1.9% · 45 frames Muted teal 0.8% · 25 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: higher than 85% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: higher than 91% of films in the collection
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  • The analysed frames are brighter than most films in the WatchTheFrame collection.
  • These frames contain a relatively high share of high-contrast images.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 83% — 371 frames371Medium shot — 4% — 19 frames19Close-up — 0% — 1 frames1

Explore the visual relationships

Lucky Number Slevin (2005)
94% color similarity Before Midnight (2013)
93% color similarity The Founder (2016)
92% color similarity Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
91% color similarity Zodiac (2007)
90% color similarity Sin nombre (2009)
89% color similarity Lahn Mah (2024)
89% color similarity The King of Staten Island (2020)
89% color similarity Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
89% color similarity The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
88% color similarity About Time (2013)
88% color similarity The Lone Ranger (2013)
87% color similarity The Kings of Summer (2013)
87% color similarity Unforgiven (1992)
84% color similarity Men in Black International (2019)
82% color similarity

Visual tags in 12 Years a Slave

porch cart forest horse palm tree house knife beard flower mustache train hat animal shirt bird walking dress fancy dress dog coat dialogue standing water person

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Before Midnight (2013)
94% match · 226 frames
The Founder (2016)
94% match · 515 frames
Lucky Number Slevin (2005)
94% match · 468 frames
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
93% match · 785 frames
About Time (2013)
92% match · 452 frames
Sin nombre (2009)
92% match · 727 frames
Lahn Mah (2024)
92% match · 259 frames
The King of Staten Island (2020)
92% match · 495 frames
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
91% match · 592 frames
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
91% match · 425 frames
Zodiac (2007)
90% match · 425 frames
The Kings of Summer (2013)
90% match · 552 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 449 frames available for 12 Years a Slave in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.