Limelight cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

1952 · 298 frames · Directed by Charles Chaplin

Explore 298 frames from Limelight 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.

298 frames 1.37:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, room, mirror
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, suit, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — standing, room, hat
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, table, dialogue
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — standing, room, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — standing, hand, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — standing, room, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — standing, room, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — walking, door, street
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — standing, room, suit
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, room, bed
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — curtain
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, standing, walking
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — room, suit, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, standing, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Limelight — sitting, plate, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Limelight — book, standing, door
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Low brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from Limelight — standing, hat, hand
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Limelight — desk, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray

Visual profile of Limelight

This visual profile is calculated from 298 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Limelight

Dark gray 42.7% · 298 frames Gray 35% · 294 frames Black 19.6% · 293 frames Dark teal 1.2% · 32 frames Dark blue 0.9% · 15 frames Light gray 0.6% · 57 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 62% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: lower than 52% of films in the collection
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  • Muted and low-saturation colors appear frequently in these frames.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 91% — 271 frames271Medium shot — 6% — 17 frames17Close-up — 0% — 1 frames1

Explore the visual relationships

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
100% color similarity Footlight Parade (1933)
100% color similarity L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
98% color similarity Dune: Part Two (2024)
98% color similarity Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
98% color similarity Dune: Part One (2021)
97% color similarity Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
97% color similarity Sansho dayu (1954)
96% color similarity 8 1/2 (1963)
95% color similarity Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
94% color similarity Je tu il elle (1974)
94% color similarity The Bourne Identity (2002)
94% color similarity May December (2023)
94% color similarity Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
93% color similarity Dogman (2023)
92% color similarity

Visual tags in Limelight

piano violin painting bowl fireplace vase musical instrument musical keyboard drawer nightstand curtain bedroom bed mirror guitar stairs newspaper cart clock fancy dress door handle people house suit

Films with a similar visual profile

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
98% match · 476 frames
Sansho dayu (1954)
98% match · 279 frames
L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
98% match · 194 frames
Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
97% match · 255 frames
Footlight Parade (1933)
97% match · 338 frames
Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
95% match · 363 frames
Dune: Part Two (2024)
94% match · 648 frames
Je tu il elle (1974)
94% match · 80 frames
Dune: Part One (2021)
93% match · 591 frames
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
93% match · 399 frames
May December (2023)
92% match · 217 frames
8 1/2 (1963)
91% match · 622 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 298 frames available for Limelight in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.