Twelve Monkeys cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

1995 · 429 frames · Directed by Terry Gilliam

Explore 429 frames from Twelve Monkeys 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.

429 frames 1.85:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, book, standing
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, standing, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — lamp, window
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — standing, phone, coat
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — standing, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark yellow
Medium shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — standing, room, hand
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Medium shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — walking, car, wheel
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Wide shot · High brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — standing, kitchen, suit
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — forest, palm tree
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — standing, room, suit
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — room, window
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, room, table
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, door, street
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — standing, hand, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, standing, coat
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Twelve Monkeys — sitting, face, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark green

Visual profile of Twelve Monkeys

This visual profile is calculated from 429 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Twelve Monkeys

Dark gray 43.3% · 394 frames Gray 17.9% · 356 frames Dark orange 10.1% · 136 frames Dark blue 9.4% · 150 frames Black 8.7% · 250 frames Dark yellow 4.3% · 88 frames Dark green 1.9% · 35 frames Dark red 1.3% · 31 frames Muted blue 1.1% · 32 frames Dark teal 0.9% · 30 frames Dark purple 0.7% · 17 frames Dark pink 0.3% · 4 frames Muted orange 0.2% · 12 frames Muted purple 0% · 1 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 72% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: lower than 93% of films in the collection
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  • 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 — 95% — 408 frames408Medium shot — 4% — 16 frames16Close-up — 0% — 2 frames2

Explore the visual relationships

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99% color similarity Ju-on (2002)
99% color similarity The Bourne Identity (2002)
98% color similarity Fatal Attraction (1987)
98% color similarity West Side Story (2021)
98% color similarity Black Panther (2018)
98% color similarity Mortal Engines (2018)
98% color similarity The King's Man (2021)
97% color similarity The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
97% color similarity Iron Man (2008)
97% color similarity Malcolm (1992)
96% color similarity Air Force One (1997)
95% color similarity Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
95% color similarity Everything Everywhere All at Once (2021)
95% color similarity Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
94% color similarity

Visual tags in Twelve Monkeys

elephant human head sink bathroom human nose television newspaper human mouth bed show cat pipe snow door handle skyscraper human hand cup action bedroom tower picture frame coat people furniture

Films with a similar visual profile

Black Panther (2018)
98% match · 765 frames
The King's Man (2021)
98% match · 638 frames
West Side Story (2021)
98% match · 802 frames
Ju-on (2002)
98% match · 230 frames
First Reformed (2017)
98% match · 163 frames
The Bourne Identity (2002)
97% match · 647 frames
Mortal Engines (2018)
97% match · 1044 frames
Fatal Attraction (1987)
97% match · 561 frames
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
97% match · 894 frames
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2021)
97% match · 621 frames
Malcolm (1992)
97% match · 668 frames
Iron Man (2008)
96% match · 847 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 429 frames available for Twelve Monkeys in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.