The Black Phone cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

2021 · 422 frames · Directed by Scott Derrickson

Explore 422 frames from The Black Phone 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.

422 frames 2.39:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, dress, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — sitting, book, standing
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, street, car
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, room, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — phone, running, pay phone
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, street, car
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — walking, street, car
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, hat, face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — street, house
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, street, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — walking, door, street
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — street, car, wheel
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, room, face
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — door, food, restaurant
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — walking, street, car
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Medium shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, bus, beard
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Medium shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — street, car, van
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, phone, door
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — face, hair, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from The Black Phone — standing, door, hair
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted orange

Visual profile of The Black Phone

This visual profile is calculated from 422 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of The Black Phone

Dark gray 45% · 361 frames Black 16.5% · 292 frames Dark orange 13% · 152 frames Dark yellow 9.1% · 158 frames Gray 8.4% · 283 frames Dark teal 4.2% · 94 frames Dark blue 1.3% · 33 frames Muted yellow 1% · 47 frames Dark green 0.9% · 16 frames Dark purple 0.2% · 5 frames Dark red 0.2% · 4 frames Muted orange 0.2% · 6 frames Dark pink 0.1% · 1 frames Muted blue 0% · 2 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 85% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: lower than 98% of films in the collection
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  • The analysed frames are darker than most films in the WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Muted and low-saturation colors appear frequently in these frames.
  • These frames contain a relatively high share of low-contrast images.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 92% — 389 frames389Medium shot — 4% — 17 frames17Close-up — 0% — 2 frames2

Explore the visual relationships

Fatal Attraction (1987)
98% color similarity The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
98% color similarity West Side Story (2021)
97% color similarity Doctor Strange (2016)
97% color similarity The King's Man (2021)
97% color similarity Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
97% color similarity Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
96% color similarity Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
96% color similarity The Bourne Identity (2002)
96% color similarity Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
95% color similarity Everything Everywhere All at Once (2021)
95% color similarity The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
95% color similarity Twelve Monkeys (1995)
95% color similarity Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
95% color similarity Air Force One (1997)
94% color similarity

Visual palette across 2 films directed by Scott Derrickson

2016 · Doctor Strange
97% similarity

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Visual tags in The Black Phone

baseball bat refrigerator sports uniform sink bathroom van show people trousers action subject countertop door handle crying house bookcase knife bicycle door poster bicycle wheel kitchen street mirror

Films with a similar visual profile

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
98% match · 465 frames
West Side Story (2021)
98% match · 802 frames
Fatal Attraction (1987)
98% match · 561 frames
Doctor Strange (2016)
97% match · 809 frames
The King's Man (2021)
97% match · 638 frames
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
97% match · 604 frames
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
97% match · 371 frames
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
96% match · 488 frames
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2021)
96% match · 621 frames
Air Force One (1997)
96% match · 607 frames
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
96% match · 685 frames
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
96% match · 678 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 422 frames available for The Black Phone in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.