Practical Magic cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

1998 · 688 frames · Directed by Griffin Dunne

Explore 688 frames from Practical Magic 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.

688 frames 1.78:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, plate, street
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, hand, night
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, room, dialogue
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark purple
Medium shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, dialogue, kitchen
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Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, kitchen, face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, room, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark pink
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, door, kitchen
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Frame from Practical Magic — walking, plate, street
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Medium brightness · Dark pink
Frame from Practical Magic — standing, room, table
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Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — walking, house, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — table, kitchen, dress
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — sitting, standing, street
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Light gray
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — sitting, table, dress
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark purple
Medium shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, room, shirt
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Medium shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — bed, forest, carrot
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, hand, bag
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, dialogue, kitchen
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Practical Magic — standing, table, phone
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Wide shot · High brightness · Dark red
Frame from Practical Magic — water, fish
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Low brightness · Dark green
Frame from Practical Magic — book, table, hand
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High brightness · Light gray

Visual profile of Practical Magic

This visual profile is calculated from 688 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Practical Magic

Dark red 17.6% · 497 frames Dark orange 15.9% · 509 frames Gray 10.2% · 431 frames Muted orange 8.5% · 400 frames Dark blue 8.2% · 211 frames Dark gray 5.6% · 303 frames Black 4% · 125 frames Dark purple 3.4% · 94 frames Dark green 3.3% · 129 frames Dark pink 3% · 89 frames Muted blue 2.9% · 200 frames Light gray 2.8% · 229 frames Dark yellow 2.8% · 144 frames Orange 2.6% · 200 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: higher than 68% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: higher than 90% of films in the collection
LowHigh
  • Saturated colors appear frequently in these frames.
  • These frames contain a relatively high share of high-contrast images.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 88% — 603 frames603Medium shot — 5% — 36 frames36Close-up — 1% — 5 frames5

Explore the visual relationships

Menace II Society (1993)
97% color similarity Meet Joe Black (1998)
96% color similarity Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
96% color similarity Fanny och Alexander (1982)
94% color similarity Rocketman (2019)
94% color similarity The New Guy (2002)
94% color similarity No Strings Attached (2010)
93% color similarity Strictly Ballroom (1992)
93% color similarity The Last Emperor (1987)
93% color similarity 21 Jump Street (2012)
92% color similarity Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
91% color similarity Man on the Moon (1999)
91% color similarity Spider-Man (2002)
90% color similarity You've Got Mail (1998)
89% color similarity The Wrestler (2008)
85% color similarity

Visual tags in Practical Magic

jug juice bicycle helmet grapefruit human foot miniskirt countertop cabinetry chest of drawers sun hat kitchen fish drawer flower flowerpot porch bicycle house sea fancy dress houseplant trousers bicycle wheel food

Films with a similar visual profile

Menace II Society (1993)
98% match · 537 frames
The Last Emperor (1987)
96% match · 607 frames
Meet Joe Black (1998)
95% match · 352 frames
Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
95% match · 284 frames
The New Guy (2002)
95% match · 461 frames
21 Jump Street (2012)
94% match · 559 frames
Man on the Moon (1999)
94% match · 547 frames
No Strings Attached (2010)
94% match · 392 frames
Fanny och Alexander (1982)
93% match · 459 frames
Rocketman (2019)
93% match · 560 frames
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
93% match · 489 frames
You've Got Mail (1998)
93% match · 477 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 688 frames available for Practical Magic in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.