Compare / Same director Paths of Glory vs Full Metal Jacket Shot length, color & pacing compared
Both films are directed by Stanley Kubrick, 30 years apart. Paths of Glory averages 8.5 seconds per shot, while Full Metal Jacket holds each shot 39% longer, at 11.8 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 Paths of Glory Full Metal Jacket Average shot length 8.5s 11.8s Total shots 616 590 Cuts per minute 7.1 5.1 Runtime analyzed 87 min 117 min Close-ups or tighter 66% 47% Setup: avg shot 10.9s 12.9s Middle act: avg shot 8.6s 11.2s Final act: avg shot 7.0s 10.8s
Shot scale mix
What the data shows 01 Paths of Glory has 616 shots (7.1 cuts a minute); Full Metal Jacket has 590 (5.1 a minute). 02 Paths of Glory frames faces more tightly: 66% of its shots are close-ups or tighter, against 47% for Full Metal Jacket. 03 The most common framing in both is the medium close-up. 04 Full Metal Jacket is the brighter film overall: its average frame brightness is 14% higher than Paths of Glory's. 05 Paths of Glory cuts fastest in its final act (7.0s per shot) and slowest in its setup (10.9s). 06 Full Metal Jacket keeps a steady rhythm across all three acts (12.9s, 11.2s, 10.8s per shot).