face in movies — cinematic frame references

Explore 45965 frames tagged “face” across 293 films. Compare colors, lighting, composition and shot characteristics. Open any frame to use the visual analysis tools.

45,965 frames 293 films Mostly wide shots
Medium shot frame from Men in Black — standing, room, suit
Open Find similar
Men in Black · Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Close-up frame from Léon — beard, mustache, face
Open Find similar
Léon · Close-up · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Léon — room, beard, mustache
Open Find similar
Léon · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Holiday — sitting, standing, room
Open Find similar
The Holiday · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Léon — standing, street, jacket
Open Find similar
Léon · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Léon Morin, prêtre — standing, coat, house
Open Find similar
Léon Morin, prêtre · Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Medium shot frame from Men in Black — walking, street, suit
Open Find similar
Men in Black · Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from The Holiday — book, walking, table
Open Find similar
The Holiday · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Léon — room, door, shirt
Open Find similar
Léon · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Men in Black — standing, room, uniform
Open Find similar
Men in Black · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Holiday — book, face, person
Open Find similar
The Holiday · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Léon — room, hand, gun
Open Find similar
Léon · Wide shot · High brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Léon — sitting, standing, street
Open Find similar
Léon · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from Men in Black — walking, suit, tie
Open Find similar
Men in Black · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Men in Black — sitting, book, uniform
Open Find similar
Men in Black · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Léon — standing, mirror, hand
Open Find similar
Léon · Wide shot · High brightness · Muted orange
Frame from Léon — book, standing, room
Open Find similar
Léon · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Léon — standing, walking, street
Open Find similar
Léon · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Men in Black — sitting, room, dress
Open Find similar
Men in Black · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Léon Morin, prêtre — standing, face, hair
Open Find similar
Léon Morin, prêtre · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal

Visual profile of “face”

This profile is calculated from 45,965 frames across 293 films in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Colors commonly associated with “face”

Gray 16.8% Dark gray 16.5% Dark orange 13.8% Black 9.8% Dark teal 6.7% Muted orange 5.6% Dark yellow 4.9% Dark blue 4.7% Dark green 4.2% Dark red 3.4% Light gray 2.1% Muted green 1.6% Muted yellow 1.5% Light green 1.4%
  • Light green appears 4.0 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Yellow appears 2.9 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Light purple appears 2.7 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.

Lighting and tonal characteristics

Brightness
Very dark11006
Dark27023
Mid7181
Bright713
Very bright42
Saturation
Muted10754
Low24602
Mid8941
High1508
Vivid160
Contrast
Low4323
Mid28852
High11368
Very high1422
Aspect ratios
2.40:1 · 10900 2.39:1 · 8632 1.85:1 · 7508 1.78:1 · 5166 2.35:1 · 4809

Films with “face” frames

Stranger Things — 772/2181772Supremacy — 474/800474Blade — 392/1001392Blade II — 373/1083373Interstellar — 367/1025367Batman Forever — 358/979358Aliens — 336/926336Mad Max: Fury Road — 332/946332Bullet to the Head — 315/800315X-Men — 313/838313Mortal Engines — 312/1044312The Hunger Games — 294/908294
Supremacy — 59.3%59A Different Man — 53%53Dial M for Murder — 52.7%53Loving Vincent — 49.5%50Star Trek III: The Search for Spock — 46.1%46Zoolander 2 — 45.7%46The Abyss — 45.1%45Léon — 43.4%43Prey for the Devil — 42.4%42Todo sobre mi madre — 42.3%42Lucky Number Slevin — 42.1%42The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — 40.5%40

Directors and cinematographers associated with “face”

Deon Taylor — 1 films · 474 frames59Aaron Schimberg — 1 films · 193 frames53DK Welchman — 1 films · 156 frames50Hugh Welchman — 1 films · 156 frames50Leonard Nimoy — 1 films · 188 frames46Ben Stiller — 1 films · 223 frames46Daniel Stamm — 1 films · 158 frames42Pedro Almodóvar — 1 films · 120 frames42Paul McGuigan — 1 films · 197 frames42Alfred Hitchcock — 2 films · 267 frames41James Cameron — 2 films · 573 frames41Luc Besson — 2 films · 363 frames41

Common combinations with “face”

face + human eye 1747 frames · 3.8% · lift 4.4 face + human mouth 1318 frames · 2.9% · lift 3.4 face + mustache 3095 frames · 6.7% · lift 2.6 face + hair 23044 frames · 50.1% · lift 2.2 face + shirt 18171 frames · 39.5% · lift 2.1 face + jacket 1410 frames · 3.1% · lift 1.9 face + tie 6588 frames · 14.3% · lift 1.8 face + smiling 4872 frames · 10.6% · lift 1.8 face + kitchen 1134 frames · 2.5% · lift 1.6 face + uniform 1808 frames · 3.9% · lift 1.6 face + human face 42778 frames · 93.1% · lift 1.5 face + suit 10357 frames · 22.5% · lift 1.4

Related visual tags

Frequently combined
human eye human mouth mustache hair shirt jacket tie smiling kitchen uniform human face suit