Water for Elephants cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

2011 · 488 frames · Directed by Francis Lawrence

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488 frames 2.35:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — standing, dialogue, hat
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — standing, shirt, person
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Wide shot · High brightness · Muted orange
Close-up frame from Water for Elephants — bed, shirt, face
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Close-up · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — suit, face, hug
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — face, train, smoke
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Frame from Water for Elephants — standing, bag, train
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Medium brightness · Light orange
Frame from Water for Elephants — standing, shirt, horse
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High brightness · Muted orange
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — sitting, room, table
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark orange
Close-up frame from Water for Elephants — bed, face, hair
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Close-up · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — hand, face, lion
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — hair, person, human face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Close-up frame from Water for Elephants — suit, tie, shirt
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Close-up · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — dialogue, dress, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted orange
Frame from Water for Elephants — dialogue, street, person
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Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — hand, shirt, face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — standing, hand, glove
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Water for Elephants — standing, suit, tie
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Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — dialogue, person, human face
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Wide shot · High brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — standing, hand, elephant
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Water for Elephants — walking, animal, shirt
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted orange

Visual profile of Water for Elephants

This visual profile is calculated from 488 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Water for Elephants

Dark orange 35% · 451 frames Muted orange 17.4% · 394 frames Dark red 13.1% · 297 frames Black 7% · 129 frames Dark gray 5.9% · 198 frames Gray 4.8% · 215 frames Dark green 2.7% · 39 frames Light orange 2.3% · 129 frames Orange 2.1% · 109 frames Dark yellow 2% · 48 frames Dark blue 1.6% · 32 frames Light gray 1.1% · 44 frames Muted red 1% · 78 frames Muted yellow 1% · 45 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: higher than 63% of films in the collection
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Contrast: higher than 69% of films in the collection
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  • Saturated colors appear frequently in these frames.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 76% — 369 frames369Medium shot — 9% — 44 frames44Close-up — 1% — 7 frames7

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
96% color similarity The Persian Version (2023)
95% color similarity Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
95% color similarity The Wizard of Oz (1939)
93% color similarity A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
93% color similarity The Rocketeer (1991)
93% color similarity Hotel Rwanda (2004)
93% color similarity Meet Joe Black (1998)
92% color similarity The Last Emperor (1987)
92% color similarity Unforgiven (1992)
92% color similarity Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
91% color similarity Jurassic Park (1993)
91% color similarity Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
89% color similarity 21 Jump Street (2012)
88% color similarity Fanny och Alexander (1982)
88% color similarity

Visual palette across 4 films directed by Francis Lawrence

2005 · Constantine
2014 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2023 · The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Based on 4 films in the collection, these colors appear most frequently in frames from films directed by Francis Lawrence.

Films directed by Francis Lawrence

Constantine
402 frames
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
465 frames
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
590 frames
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Visual tags in Water for Elephants

lion elephant giraffe tent camel cart horse train animal hug cigarette dog smiling human mouth shirt hat human eye dress hair curtain bed face standing human face

Films with a similar visual profile

The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
95% match · 347 frames
The Rocketeer (1991)
94% match · 658 frames
Unforgiven (1992)
94% match · 556 frames
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
94% match · 394 frames
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
93% match · 602 frames
Jurassic Park (1993)
93% match · 885 frames
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
93% match · 399 frames
The Last Emperor (1987)
93% match · 607 frames
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
93% match · 726 frames
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
93% match · 421 frames
The Persian Version (2023)
92% match · 608 frames
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
92% match · 946 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 488 frames available for Water for Elephants in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.