Compare / Same director Reservoir Dogs vs Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Shot length, color & pacing compared
Both films are directed by Quentin Tarantino, 27 years apart. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood averages 6.3 seconds per shot, while Reservoir Dogs holds each shot 52% longer, at 9.5 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 Reservoir Dogs Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Average shot length 9.5s 6.3s Total shots 627 1,549 Cuts per minute 6.3 9.6 Runtime analyzed 99 min 161 min Close-ups or tighter 71% 54% Setup: avg shot 8.7s 5.7s Middle act: avg shot 9.2s 6.8s Final act: avg shot 8.8s 5.4s
Shot scale mix
What the data shows 01 Reservoir Dogs has 627 shots (6.3 cuts a minute); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has 1,549 (9.6 a minute). 02 Reservoir Dogs frames faces more tightly: 71% of its shots are close-ups or tighter, against 54% for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 03 The most common framing in both is the medium close-up. 04 Average frame brightness is within 10% between the two. 05 Reservoir Dogs keeps a steady rhythm across all three acts (8.7s, 9.2s, 8.8s per shot). 06 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood cuts fastest in its final act (5.4s per shot) and slowest in its middle act (6.8s).