poster in movies — cinematic frame references

Explore 1238 frames tagged “poster” across 228 films. Compare colors, lighting, composition and shot characteristics. Open any frame to use the visual analysis tools.

1,238 frames 228 films Mostly wide shots
Wide shot frame from Carlito's Way — night, poster
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Carlito's Way · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from About a Boy — door, poster
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About a Boy · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Frame from About a Boy — hand, poster, penguin
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About a Boy · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from About a Boy — poster, person
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About a Boy · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from About a Boy — book, standing, street
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About a Boy · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from About a Boy — standing, room, street
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About a Boy · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from The Addams Family — poster
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The Addams Family · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Addams Family — newspaper, poster, person
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The Addams Family · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Addams Family — standing, suit, tie
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The Addams Family · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Frame from The Addams Family — poster
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The Addams Family · Low brightness · Black
Medium shot frame from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — hand, newspaper, lamp
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · Medium shot · Medium brightness · Black
Frame from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — hand, newspaper, poster
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Limey — standing, hair, poster
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The Limey · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from John Wick: Chapter 4 — face, poster, person
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John Wick: Chapter 4 · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted orange
Wide shot frame from John Wick: Chapter 4 — poster
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John Wick: Chapter 4 · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from John Wick: Chapter 4 — hand, face, clock
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John Wick: Chapter 4 · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted blue
Medium shot frame from Children of Men — street, newspaper, poster
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Children of Men · Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from Children of Men — standing, room, face
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Children of Men · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from Children of Men — hand, poster, person
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Children of Men · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from Children of Men — newspaper, poster, person
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Children of Men · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray

Visual profile of “poster”

This profile is calculated from 1,238 frames across 228 films in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Colors commonly associated with “poster”

Gray 20.5% Dark gray 15.1% Dark blue 14.1% Dark orange 9.3% Black 7.5% Muted orange 4.7% Dark red 3.9% Dark teal 3.8% Dark green 3.6% Dark yellow 2.7% Light gray 1.9% Muted blue 1.8% Muted yellow 1.6% Orange 1.5%
  • Green appears 3.7 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Yellow appears 3.0 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Teal appears 2.4 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.

Lighting and tonal characteristics

Brightness
Very dark249
Dark626
Mid314
Bright46
Very bright3
Saturation
Muted381
Low580
Mid195
High64
Vivid18
Contrast
Low168
Mid732
High297
Very high41
Aspect ratios
2.40:1 · 287 1.85:1 · 245 2.39:1 · 244 2.35:1 · 120 1.78:1 · 107

Films with “poster” frames

Aliens — 36/92636In the Mouth of Madness — 25/90625Stranger Things — 25/218125Borderlands — 22/57222Keeping Up with the Joneses — 20/41420The Wrestler — 19/31219Gangs of New York — 18/76018Die Hard 2 — 17/96217The Bourne Supremacy — 17/70617To All the Boys: Always and Forever — 17/49317Zoolander 2 — 16/48816Malcolm — 16/66816
The Wrestler — 6.1%6To All the Boys I've Loved Before — 4.9%5Keeping Up with the Joneses — 4.8%5The King of Comedy — 4.3%4Thank You for Smoking — 4.3%4Burn After Reading — 4.3%4Aliens — 3.9%4Borderlands — 3.8%4A Different Man — 3.8%4A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge — 3.6%4V for Vendetta — 3.5%3To All the Boys: Always and Forever — 3.4%3

Directors and cinematographers associated with “poster”

Darren Aronofsky — 1 films · 19 frames6Susan Johnson — 1 films · 15 frames5Greg Mottola — 1 films · 20 frames5Jason Reitman — 1 films · 10 frames4James Cameron — 1 films · 36 frames4Eli Roth — 1 films · 22 frames4Aaron Schimberg — 1 films · 14 frames4Jack Sholder — 1 films · 14 frames4James McTeigue — 1 films · 16 frames3Michael Fimognari — 1 films · 17 frames3Ben Stiller — 1 films · 16 frames3Pedro Almodóvar — 1 films · 9 frames3

Common combinations with “poster”

poster + newspaper 97 frames · 7.8% · lift 20.2 poster + running 32 frames · 2.6% · lift 1.3 poster + book 47 frames · 3.8% · lift 1.3 poster + office 35 frames · 2.8% · lift 1.2 poster + door 72 frames · 5.8% · lift 1 poster + clock 19 frames · 1.5% · lift 1

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newspaper running book office door clock