food in movies — cinematic frame references

Explore 2909 frames tagged “food” across 275 films. Compare colors, lighting, composition and shot characteristics. Open any frame to use the visual analysis tools.

2,909 frames 275 films Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from Thank You for Smoking — sitting, table, dialogue
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Thank You for Smoking · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from RocknRolla — sitting, plate, room
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RocknRolla · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from RocknRolla — sitting, plate, room
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RocknRolla · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from Licorice Pizza — standing, night, food
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Licorice Pizza · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Medium shot frame from Licorice Pizza — sitting, table, food
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Licorice Pizza · Medium shot · High brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Licorice Pizza — standing, food, restaurant
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Licorice Pizza · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Prey for the Devil — standing, room, table
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Prey for the Devil · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Zärtliche Begierde — sitting, walking, table
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Zärtliche Begierde · Wide shot · High brightness · Light blue
Wide shot frame from Zärtliche Begierde — table, dialogue, suit
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Zärtliche Begierde · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Zärtliche Begierde — sitting, standing, plate
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Zärtliche Begierde · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted orange
Wide shot frame from The Informant! — sitting, standing, room
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The Informant! · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from The Informant! — sitting, table, dialogue
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The Informant! · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from The Informant! — standing, room, table
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The Informant! · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — sitting, room, suit
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — sitting, plate, room
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — sitting, standing, room
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — sitting, table, dialogue
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — sitting, room, table
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from Lahn Mah — standing, street, hand
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Lahn Mah · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Lahn Mah — standing, food, shirt
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Lahn Mah · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray

Visual profile of “food”

This profile is calculated from 2,909 frames across 275 films in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Colors commonly associated with “food”

Dark orange 17.9% Dark gray 16.6% Gray 12.7% Black 8.5% Dark blue 7.7% Dark red 7.2% Dark green 5.5% Dark yellow 5.5% Muted orange 5.4% Dark teal 3.1% Muted yellow 1.4% Orange 1.4% Dark purple 1.2% Muted red 1.1%
  • Pink appears 1.9 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Dark red appears 1.6 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.

Lighting and tonal characteristics

Brightness
Very dark683
Dark1768
Mid440
Bright18
Very bright0
Saturation
Muted435
Low1554
Mid814
High103
Vivid3
Contrast
Low193
Mid1933
High752
Very high31
Aspect ratios
2.40:1 · 691 1.85:1 · 511 2.39:1 · 431 1.78:1 · 412 2.35:1 · 292

Films with “food” frames

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — 90/23090The Founder — 59/51559Stranger Things — 55/218155Se, jie — 53/94053Practical Magic — 53/68853Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — 37/60437The Persian Version — 36/60836No Strings Attached — 30/39230Coming to America — 29/54129Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — 29/41729Compartiment n°6 — 28/50528Dolemite Is My Name — 28/60228
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — 39.1%39The Founder — 11.5%11Before Midnight — 8.4%8Practical Magic — 7.7%8Meet Joe Black — 7.7%8No Strings Attached — 7.7%8Angst essen Seele auf — 7.4%7The Lunchbox — 7%7Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — 7%7May December — 6.5%6Lahn Mah — 6.2%6Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — 6.1%6

Directors and cinematographers associated with “food”

Peter Greenaway — 1 films · 90 frames39John Lee Hancock — 1 films · 59 frames11Richard Linklater — 1 films · 19 frames8Griffin Dunne — 1 films · 53 frames8Martin Brest — 1 films · 27 frames8Ivan Reitman — 1 films · 30 frames8Rainer Werner Fassbinder — 1 films · 13 frames7Ritesh Batra — 1 films · 22 frames7Todd Haynes — 1 films · 14 frames6Pat Boonnitipat — 1 films · 16 frames6Darren Aronofsky — 1 films · 19 frames6Robert Altman — 1 films · 24 frames6

Common combinations with “food”

food + tableware 155 frames · 5.3% · lift 20.5 food + plate 1082 frames · 37.2% · lift 20.2 food + kitchen 533 frames · 18.3% · lift 12 food + drinking straw 182 frames · 6.3% · lift 10.1 food + knife 99 frames · 3.4% · lift 9 food + restaurant 570 frames · 19.6% · lift 8.8 food + cup 198 frames · 6.8% · lift 8.7 food + table 1970 frames · 67.7% · lift 6.3 food + bottle 200 frames · 6.9% · lift 5.4 food + glass 417 frames · 14.3% · lift 3.5 food + glasses 555 frames · 19.1% · lift 2.9 food + sitting 1703 frames · 58.5% · lift 2.8

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tableware plate kitchen drinking straw knife restaurant cup table bottle glass glasses sitting