Black Rain cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

1989 · 539 frames · Directed by Ridley Scott

Explore 539 frames from Black Rain 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.

539 frames 2.39:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from Black Rain — standing, coat, night
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — smoke, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — sitting, street, hat
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark purple
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — room, suit, tie
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Black Rain — sitting, hat, water
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Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — street, bicycle, smoke
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — sitting, hat, suit
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Close-up frame from Black Rain — sitting, standing, room
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Close-up · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — standing, room, dialogue
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark purple
Close-up frame from Black Rain — dialogue, car, suit
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Close-up · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — standing, room, hand
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark orange
Frame from Black Rain — standing, walking, hat
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Medium brightness · Black
Frame from Black Rain — sitting, table, dialogue
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Medium brightness · Black
Frame from Black Rain — sitting, room, couch
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Low brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — room, suit, tie
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Medium shot frame from Black Rain — sitting, standing, room
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Medium shot · Medium brightness · Light blue
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — room, suit, tie
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — face, hair, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Black Rain — standing, gun, forest
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue

Visual profile of Black Rain

This visual profile is calculated from 539 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Black Rain

Dark blue 20% · 272 frames Dark gray 16.7% · 383 frames Dark red 16.1% · 287 frames Dark orange 10.5% · 167 frames Black 9.5% · 205 frames Gray 6.2% · 296 frames Muted blue 5.8% · 213 frames Dark purple 3.2% · 93 frames Muted red 2.5% · 105 frames Dark pink 2.1% · 71 frames Dark yellow 1.2% · 17 frames Light blue 0.8% · 51 frames Muted purple 0.8% · 57 frames Light teal 0.6% · 54 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 70% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: higher than 61% of films in the collection
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Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 76% — 407 frames407Medium shot — 4% — 23 frames23Close-up — 1% — 4 frames4

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Tank Girl (1995)
97% color similarity Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
96% color similarity Bullet to the Head (2012)
95% color similarity Man on the Moon (1999)
95% color similarity Strictly Ballroom (1992)
92% color similarity The Color of Money (1986)
91% color similarity Striptease (1996)
90% color similarity The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
89% color similarity In the Name of the Father (1993)
89% color similarity The King's Speech (2010)
89% color similarity Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
88% color similarity Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
88% color similarity Billy Elliot (2000)
88% color similarity The Conjuring 2 (2016)
87% color similarity Horrible Bosses (2011)
84% color similarity

Visual palette across 3 films directed by Ridley Scott

1982 · Blade Runner
2017 · Alien: Covenant

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
Alien: Covenant
476 frames
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Visual tags in Black Rain

motorcycle bicycle wheel taxi smoke bicycle bus night land vehicle truck pipe building skyscraper people tie airplane forest street car tire office cigarette action wheel fire car

Films with a similar visual profile

Tank Girl (1995)
96% match · 506 frames
The Color of Money (1986)
94% match · 561 frames
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
94% match · 416 frames
Bullet to the Head (2012)
93% match · 800 frames
Man on the Moon (1999)
93% match · 547 frames
The King's Speech (2010)
93% match · 348 frames
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
92% match · 330 frames
Striptease (1996)
92% match · 393 frames
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
92% match · 489 frames
In the Name of the Father (1993)
92% match · 599 frames
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
92% match · 487 frames
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
92% match · 541 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 539 frames available for Black Rain in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.