The Last King of Scotland cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

2006 · 558 frames · Directed by Kevin Macdonald

Explore 558 frames from The Last King of Scotland 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.

558 frames 2.36:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — street, car, wheel
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Wide shot · High brightness · Orange
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — standing, table, dialogue
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Medium shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — hat, uniform, shirt
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Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — walking, car, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark teal
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — sitting, standing, street
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — shirt, face, hair
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Wide shot · High brightness · Dark orange
Frame from The Last King of Scotland — uniform, hand, gun
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Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — standing, room, dress
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — room, dialogue, dress
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — room, hand, bottle
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Frame from The Last King of Scotland — sink
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High brightness · Gray
Close-up frame from The Last King of Scotland — sitting, standing, room
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Close-up · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — standing, face, hair
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Wide shot · High brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — sitting, mirror, car
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — sitting, walking, face
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — street, car, wheel
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — shirt, face, hair
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — standing, hat, flower
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Last King of Scotland — standing, room, tie
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red

Visual profile of The Last King of Scotland

This visual profile is calculated from 558 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of The Last King of Scotland

Dark orange 17.3% · 432 frames Dark blue 12.6% · 208 frames Dark red 11.9% · 370 frames Orange 11.4% · 272 frames Muted orange 6.4% · 336 frames Gray 6% · 268 frames Dark gray 4.9% · 232 frames Dark teal 3.1% · 107 frames Light yellow 3.1% · 155 frames Black 3% · 106 frames Muted teal 2.5% · 90 frames Dark yellow 2.4% · 103 frames Light orange 2.4% · 176 frames Light green 1.9% · 90 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: higher than 93% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: higher than 98% of films in the collection
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  • The analysed frames are brighter than most films in the WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Saturated colors appear frequently in these frames.
  • These frames contain a relatively high share of high-contrast images.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 80% — 449 frames449Medium shot — 7% — 39 frames39Close-up — 1% — 5 frames5

Explore the visual relationships

Menace II Society (1993)
91% color similarity Alexander (2004)
89% color similarity You've Got Mail (1998)
89% color similarity Practical Magic (1998)
88% color similarity Megalopolis (2024)
88% color similarity The Last Emperor (1987)
87% color similarity Licorice Pizza (2021)
87% color similarity Meet Joe Black (1998)
86% color similarity 127 Hours (2010)
86% color similarity Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
85% color similarity Anatomie d'une chute (2023)
85% color similarity The Persian Version (2023)
84% color similarity 21 Jump Street (2012)
84% color similarity Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
81% color similarity Léon (1994)
80% color similarity

Visual tags in The Last King of Scotland

uniform crying swimming pool bus flag smiling bottle palm tree land vehicle hat gun shirt bed human eye flower dialogue houseplant picture frame street airplane clock car plate glass

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Megalopolis (2024)
91% match · 507 frames
Menace II Society (1993)
91% match · 537 frames
Licorice Pizza (2021)
91% match · 513 frames
Meet Joe Black (1998)
91% match · 352 frames
You've Got Mail (1998)
91% match · 477 frames
Alexander (2004)
90% match · 801 frames
The Persian Version (2023)
90% match · 608 frames
Practical Magic (1998)
90% match · 688 frames
The Last Emperor (1987)
90% match · 607 frames
127 Hours (2010)
89% match · 481 frames
Anatomie d'une chute (2023)
89% match · 434 frames
Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
88% match · 284 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 558 frames available for The Last King of Scotland in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.