Accompanying and not abandoning——Analysis of the film "Red Balloon"

There is always someone who loves French cinema. In this era of superheroes, gorgeous special effects, cool shapes, such Hollywood movies are regarded as cult movies by many people, they believe in them, and they are fanatical. And as early as 1957, the French short film "Red Balloon", a bright and intense red in the dull and cold tones of the monotonous picture, is the real belief in our childhood memories. Flowing clouds and flowing water, delicate and gentle, innovative in conception, truly cleansing people's hearts.
This film has the characteristics of a typical French film and inherits the concept of the supremacy of French film art. The film is full of connotations, focusing on the description of the emotional world and the expression of the characters' hearts, anthropomorphizing the red balloon and expressing delicate emotions. As a children's film, it is shot from the perspective of the protagonist little boy, reflecting his life after meeting the red balloon, using his eyes and actions to reflect his inner world. After the little boy met the red ball, he encountered all kinds of resistance, was refused to ride the tram, was detained by the principal, expelled from the church, etc... But the little boy never abandoned the balloon, and always cared about it. to it. A child's state of mind is often pure and simple. Just a balloon can make him extremely excited and regard it as a treasure. Because balloons are like friends, they accompany the boy, make him no longer lonely, and enrich his peaceful life. On the contrary, adults will not invade their hearts and minds for a balloon. Their state of mind has been dusted, and they can only be dogmatic and abide by the various definitions of this society. They are the slayers of this innocence and beauty. At the end of the film, the red balloon was broken by a group of naughty children, but a group of balloons appeared to take the little boy to the sky.
The picture is beautiful, the background music is beautiful, and the colors are outstanding. The city street scene, gentlemen on horseback, passing trams, long bridges over the river, yellowed gates, rolling alleys, and countless colorful balloons flying freely in the blue sky, accompanied by long music, outline a novelty , full of childlike and different urban landscapes. The film is toned throughout, and the colors appear a little monotonous. But the appearance of the red balloon can be described as the finishing touch, no matter in that picture, it is the most prominent and the most vital color in the film. It preaches the infinite beauty of innocence. The footage of the film is relatively slow, with a lot of long shots and relatively few close-ups. A relatively objective narrative like a documentary, but a somewhat surreal story. The idea is very bold and ingenious.

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