Compare / Same director Seven Samurai vs Ran Shot length, color & pacing compared
Both films are directed by Akira Kurosawa, 31 years apart. Seven Samurai averages 8.9 seconds per shot, while Ran holds each shot 21% longer, at 10.7 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 Seven Samurai Ran Average shot length 8.9s 10.7s Total shots 1,398 898 Cuts per minute 6.8 5.6 Runtime analyzed 207 min 161 min Close-ups or tighter 36% 21% Setup: avg shot 8.4s 12.3s Middle act: avg shot 10.4s 11.0s Final act: avg shot 7.2s 9.1s
Shot scale mix
What the data shows 01 Seven Samurai has 1,398 shots (6.8 cuts a minute); Ran has 898 (5.6 a minute). 02 Seven Samurai frames faces more tightly: 36% of its shots are close-ups or tighter, against 21% for Ran. 03 The most common framing in both is the long shot. 04 Seven Samurai is the brighter film overall: its average frame brightness is 12% higher than Ran's. 05 Seven Samurai cuts fastest in its final act (7.2s per shot) and slowest in its middle act (10.4s). 06 Ran cuts fastest in its final act (9.1s per shot) and slowest in its setup (12.3s).