Alien: Covenant cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

2017 · 476 frames · Directed by Ridley Scott

Explore 476 frames from Alien: Covenant 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.

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Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, face, rain
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Medium shot frame from Alien: Covenant — sitting, standing, room
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Medium shot · Low brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — car, boat
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, uniform, face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — car, boat
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, dialogue, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, hat, gun
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, hand, cigarette
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — walking, hat, hand
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — car, water, bottle
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — car, boat
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Alien: Covenant — sitting, room, person
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Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, uniform, gun
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, hat, suit
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, room, dialogue
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — sitting, hat, beard
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, hat, jacket
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — walking, gun, forest
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Wide shot frame from Alien: Covenant — standing, hand, shirt
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue

Visual profile of Alien: Covenant

This visual profile is calculated from 476 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Alien: Covenant

Dark gray 29.4% · 386 frames Dark blue 21% · 224 frames Black 20.9% · 295 frames Gray 10.7% · 318 frames Dark teal 7.3% · 120 frames Dark orange 2.4% · 47 frames Dark green 2.4% · 35 frames Dark yellow 1.9% · 39 frames Muted teal 1.2% · 65 frames Muted blue 1% · 53 frames Dark purple 0.6% · 7 frames Light gray 0.5% · 41 frames Muted yellow 0.2% · 17 frames Muted orange 0.2% · 16 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 90% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: lower than 74% of films in the collection
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  • The analysed frames are darker than most films in the WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Muted and low-saturation colors appear frequently in these frames.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 92% — 439 frames439Medium shot — 4% — 18 frames18Close-up — 0% — 1 frames1

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The Hunger Games (2012)
96% color similarity Sherlock Holmes (2009)
95% color similarity Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
95% color similarity Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
94% color similarity Air Force One (1997)
94% color similarity Mortal Engines (2018)
94% color similarity Dogman (2023)
93% color similarity Inside Llewyn Davis (2012)
93% color similarity Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
93% color similarity Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
93% color similarity Iron Man (2008)
92% color similarity West Side Story (2021)
92% color similarity Malcolm (1992)
92% color similarity The Instigators (2024)
91% color similarity Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
89% color similarity

Visual palette across 3 films directed by Ridley Scott

1982 · Blade Runner
1989 · Black Rain

Based on 3 films in the collection, these colors appear most frequently in frames from films directed by Ridley Scott.

Films directed by Ridley Scott

Blade Runner
287 frames
Black Rain
539 frames
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Visual tags in Alien: Covenant

boat computer monitor airplane fountain forest running statue sculpture gun uniform poster skyscraper smoke car building water night hat room bed land vehicle window clock beard snow

Films with a similar visual profile

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
97% match · 554 frames
The Hunger Games (2012)
96% match · 908 frames
Mortal Engines (2018)
96% match · 1044 frames
Air Force One (1997)
95% match · 607 frames
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
95% match · 489 frames
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
95% match · 486 frames
Dogman (2023)
94% match · 488 frames
Iron Man (2008)
94% match · 847 frames
Malcolm (1992)
94% match · 668 frames
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
94% match · 371 frames
Inside Llewyn Davis (2012)
94% match · 253 frames
The Instigators (2024)
94% match · 760 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 476 frames available for Alien: Covenant in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.