Compare / Same director Jurassic Park vs Catch Me If You Can Shot length, color & pacing compared
Both films are directed by Steven Spielberg, 9 years apart. Jurassic Park averages 6.2 seconds per shot, while Catch Me If You Can holds each shot 29% longer, at 8.0 seconds.
Each stripe is the average color of a slice of the film, from the first frame (left) to the last (right).
By the numbers Metric Jurassic Park Catch Me If You Can Average shot length 6.2s 8.0s Total shots 1,228 1,058 Cuts per minute 9.7 7.5 Runtime analyzed 127 min 141 min Close-ups or tighter 64% 70% Setup: avg shot 7.1s 8.7s Middle act: avg shot 5.7s 7.0s Final act: avg shot 5.9s 9.7s
Shot scale mix
What the data shows 01 Jurassic Park has 1,228 shots (9.7 cuts a minute); Catch Me If You Can has 1,058 (7.5 a minute). 02 Both films use close-ups at a similar rate (64% and 70% of shots). 03 The most common framing in both is the medium close-up. 04 Catch Me If You Can is the brighter film overall: its average frame brightness is 15% higher than Jurassic Park's. 05 Catch Me If You Can has the warmer palette, with noticeably more red than blue across the film; Jurassic Park sits cooler. 06 Jurassic Park cuts fastest in its middle act (5.7s per shot) and slowest in its setup (7.1s). 07 Catch Me If You Can cuts fastest in its middle act (7.0s per shot) and slowest in its final act (9.7s).