The King of Comedy cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

1982 · 346 frames · Directed by Martin Scorsese

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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, dialogue, door
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, dialogue, phone
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — walking, door, street
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, standing, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — walking, door, suit
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Medium shot frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, table, dialogue
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Medium shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, street, coat
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, hand, dress
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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, room, dress
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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — room, dialogue, car
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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — room, dialogue, suit
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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, table, restaurant
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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, room, dialogue
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Medium shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, room, suit
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Medium shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, walking, street
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Wide shot frame from The King of Comedy — standing, room, dialogue
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, standing, room
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Medium brightness · Gray
Frame from The King of Comedy — sitting, room, suit
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Medium brightness · Dark gray

Visual profile of The King of Comedy

This visual profile is calculated from 346 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of The King of Comedy

Gray 22.7% · 277 frames Dark gray 17% · 306 frames Black 11.6% · 168 frames Dark orange 10.5% · 215 frames Dark blue 10.1% · 134 frames Dark green 7% · 92 frames Dark yellow 5.7% · 117 frames Dark red 5.3% · 140 frames Dark teal 3.4% · 79 frames Light gray 1.2% · 64 frames Muted orange 1% · 67 frames Muted teal 1% · 31 frames Muted blue 0.8% · 32 frames Dark purple 0.7% · 13 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 70% of films in the collection
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Contrast: higher than 53% of films in the collection
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Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 87% — 301 frames301Medium shot — 7% — 23 frames23Close-up — 0% — 1 frames1

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
96% color similarity Analyze That (2002)
96% color similarity Ford v Ferrari (2019)
95% color similarity Daddy's Home (2015)
95% color similarity Kick-Ass (2010)
95% color similarity A Different Man (2024)
94% color similarity About a Boy (2002)
93% color similarity Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
93% color similarity Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
93% color similarity Billy Elliot (2000)
93% color similarity Se, jie (2007)
92% color similarity The Hangover Part II (2011)
91% color similarity Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
91% color similarity Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
90% color similarity The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
89% color similarity

Visual palette across 5 films directed by Martin Scorsese

1986 · The Color of Money
2002 · Gangs of New York
2013 · The Wolf of Wall Street
2023 · Killers of the Flower Moon

Based on 5 films in the collection, these colors appear most frequently in frames from films directed by Martin Scorsese.

Films directed by Martin Scorsese

The Color of Money
561 frames
Gangs of New York
760 frames
The Wolf of Wall Street
894 frames
Killers of the Flower Moon
685 frames
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Visual tags in The King of Comedy

candle drink poster taxi tie mustache suit phone bag office van glasses walking restaurant glass dialogue street bus picture frame stairs fancy dress dress door desk

Films with a similar visual profile

Se, jie (2007)
95% match · 940 frames
A Different Man (2024)
94% match · 364 frames
Billy Elliot (2000)
94% match · 541 frames
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
94% match · 604 frames
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
94% match · 487 frames
Daddy's Home (2015)
93% match · 517 frames
Analyze That (2002)
93% match · 358 frames
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
92% match · 487 frames
Kick-Ass (2010)
92% match · 618 frames
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
92% match · 532 frames
The Hangover Part II (2011)
92% match · 511 frames
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
92% match · 754 frames

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Metrics on this page are calculated from 346 frames available for The King of Comedy in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.