Compare / Same director The Seventh Seal vs Persona Shot length, color & pacing compared
Both films are directed by Ingmar Bergman, 9 years apart. The Seventh Seal averages 10.1 seconds per shot, while Persona holds each shot 47% longer, at 14.7 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 The Seventh Seal Persona Average shot length 10.1s 14.7s Total shots 574 342 Cuts per minute 6.0 4.1 Runtime analyzed 96 min 84 min Close-ups or tighter 54% 73% Setup: avg shot 14.1s 9.1s Middle act: avg shot 8.8s 16.6s Final act: avg shot 9.5s 20.3s
Shot scale mix
What the data shows 01 The Seventh Seal has 574 shots (6.0 cuts a minute); Persona has 342 (4.1 a minute). 02 Persona frames faces more tightly: 73% of its shots are close-ups or tighter, against 54% for The Seventh Seal. 03 The Seventh Seal relies most on the medium close-up; Persona on the close-up. 04 Persona is the brighter film overall: its average frame brightness is 39% higher than The Seventh Seal's. 05 The Seventh Seal cuts fastest in its middle act (8.8s per shot) and slowest in its setup (14.1s). 06 Persona cuts fastest in its setup (9.1s per shot) and slowest in its final act (20.3s).