Compare / Same director Taxi Driver vs Shutter Island Shot length, color & pacing compared
Both films are directed by Martin Scorsese, 34 years apart. Shutter Island averages 4.6 seconds per shot, while Taxi Driver holds each shot 71% longer, at 7.8 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 Taxi Driver Shutter Island Average shot length 7.8s 4.6s Total shots 873 1,816 Cuts per minute 7.7 13.2 Runtime analyzed 114 min 138 min Close-ups or tighter 70% 78% Setup: avg shot 6.3s 3.9s Middle act: avg shot 8.0s 4.3s Final act: avg shot 9.4s 5.4s
Shot scale mix
What the data shows 01 Taxi Driver has 873 shots (7.7 cuts a minute); Shutter Island has 1,816 (13.2 a minute). 02 Shutter Island frames faces more tightly: 78% of its shots are close-ups or tighter, against 70% for Taxi Driver. 03 The most common framing in both is the medium close-up. 04 Average frame brightness is within 10% between the two. 05 Taxi Driver cuts fastest in its setup (6.3s per shot) and slowest in its final act (9.4s). 06 Shutter Island cuts fastest in its setup (3.9s per shot) and slowest in its final act (5.4s).