Inside Llewyn Davis cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

2012 · 253 frames · Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

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253 frames 1.85:1 Mostly wide shots
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Frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — sitting, beard, face
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Low brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — walking, street, car
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — book, standing, room
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — walking, street, coat
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — sitting, car, suit
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — coat, hand, shirt
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Medium brightness · Dark teal
Frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — standing, animal, poster
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Medium brightness · Dark teal
Frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — book, standing, plate
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Low brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — street, fire, car
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Low brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — standing, kitchen, house
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — walking, street, bag
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — sitting, car, water
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — sitting, room, chair
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark teal
Frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — book, hand, person
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Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — corded phone
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — table, clock
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — street, car, night
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — sitting, standing, table
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — sitting, standing, microphone
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Wide shot frame from Inside Llewyn Davis — book, standing, room
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Visual profile of Inside Llewyn Davis

This visual profile is calculated from 253 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Inside Llewyn Davis

Dark gray 26.9% · 221 frames Dark teal 18.8% · 108 frames Black 15.8% · 138 frames Gray 14.3% · 196 frames Dark blue 11.8% · 87 frames Dark orange 3.8% · 45 frames Dark green 1.8% · 21 frames Muted yellow 1.6% · 38 frames Muted green 1.5% · 40 frames Dark yellow 1.3% · 22 frames Dark red 0.6% · 8 frames Muted teal 0.6% · 14 frames Muted orange 0.5% · 21 frames Light yellow 0.3% · 11 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 86% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: lower than 56% of films in the collection
LowHigh
  • 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 — 77% — 194 frames194Medium shot — 9% — 23 frames23Close-up — 0% — 1 frames1

Explore the visual relationships

The Matrix (1999)
95% color similarity Alien: Covenant (2017)
93% color similarity Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
92% color similarity Transformers (2007)
92% color similarity Joker (2019)
91% color similarity The Ring Two (2005)
91% color similarity Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
91% color similarity Everything Everywhere All at Once (2021)
90% color similarity Mortal Engines (2018)
90% color similarity West Side Story (2021)
90% color similarity Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
90% color similarity Iron Man (2008)
90% color similarity First Blood (1982)
90% color similarity Se, jie (2007)
89% color similarity Malcolm (1992)
89% color similarity

Visual palette across 3 films directed by Ethan Coen

1994 · The Hudsucker Proxy
2008 · Burn After Reading

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

Films directed by Ethan Coen

The Hudsucker Proxy
532 frames
Burn After Reading
350 frames
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Visual tags in Inside Llewyn Davis

guitar cat microphone office supplies studio couch coffee cup bookcase beard countertop cabinetry snow book coat couch bag house cigarette lamp curtain chair office cup drinking straw poster

Films with a similar visual profile

The Matrix (1999)
94% match · 871 frames
Alien: Covenant (2017)
94% match · 476 frames
Transformers (2007)
94% match · 310 frames
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
93% match · 488 frames
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
93% match · 976 frames
Iron Man (2008)
93% match · 847 frames
First Blood (1982)
92% match · 483 frames
Joker (2019)
92% match · 439 frames
Mortal Engines (2018)
92% match · 1044 frames
Se, jie (2007)
92% match · 940 frames
West Side Story (2021)
92% match · 802 frames
Malcolm (1992)
92% match · 668 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 253 frames available for Inside Llewyn Davis in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.