Since the film has very little dialogue, the use of camera language and the combination of pictures become particularly important.
First of all, the film has a strong contrast in terms of tone. At the beginning of the film, in the cool gray tone, the dark, damp and deserted street, the lonely kitten, and the child walked alone on the street until the big bright red balloon appeared. , the whole bright color is highlighted in the picture at once. When children and balloons are hiding under the umbrellas of adults, when children and balloons play together, accompanied by brisk music, the colors of the whole picture tend to be warmer. At the end of the film, children catch countless Balloons floated over the entire small town.
Secondly, there is a strong contrast in the use of music in the film. When the balloons play with the children mischievously, when the balloons play tricks on the teacher who shut down the little boy, when the red balloons meet the blue balloons on the street, humorous The brisk music suddenly made us forget all the indifference and all the loneliness. But when a horde of jealous kids chased the little boy and the red balloon, the music was gone, and all that remained was the screeching screeching of the children's swift feet on the flagstones, and the hordes of children or distant or shouting at close range. In addition, at the moment when the balloon is broken at the end of the film, all the music disappeared again, and the shouting of the children also disappeared. With the sound of the deflated balloon, countless painful thoughts emerged in our minds. The most heart-wrenching sound was undoubtedly the boy's words for the balloon to escape. At the end of the film, the boy flew into the sky in a balloon, and the music reached its highest point. As the film ended, the music stopped abruptly.
Finally, the film is also very successful in the plot setting and the grasp of the audience's emotions. Although the film is only 32 minutes long, it sets up many typical links and small details. At the same time, it is the settings of these small links and details that together contribute to an emotional journey for the audience when watching the film. First of all, the setting of the lonely kitten at the beginning of the film, the little boy gently stroked the kitten with his hand, loneliness and kindness became our first impression of this little boy. Secondly, the settings of many links in the process of the film make up the overall fullness of the film. For example, the bus does not allow a little boy to bring a balloon on the bus, so the little boy grabs the balloon and runs all the way to school but is still late; after school, it is raining lightly. Hiding under the umbrellas of adults one after another; the balloon and the little boy playing hide-and-seek on the way to school; the balloon flies in the air and follows the little boy sitting on the bus to the school; the little boy is locked up because of the balloon, and the balloon makes fun of it The teacher who shut down the little boy; when he met a little girl with a blue balloon on the road, the two balloons fell in love with each other at first sight. In these clips, we see not only the joy, but also the loneliness behind this sudden joy.
In the use of lenses, the film mostly uses fixed lenses and long lenses. The lens begins with a fixed perspective to explain the environment of the story, until the protagonist slowly enters. The little boy finds the fixed shot that the balloon also uses when climbing up to get it, leaving the audience eager to see what's on it. And long shots are also abound in the film. In the part where the boy goes to school with a red balloon, the director uses long shots one after another. The red balloon followed behind the little boy like a servant, but when the little boy wanted to reach out and grab it, it deliberately dodged away. It even hid in the doorway and waited for the little boy to search around without success before he got out. These movements of the red balloon and the interaction between the red balloon and the little boy are all in the form of long shots. Long shots can fully present a specific time and space, enhancing the realism of the picture, so when we watch the film, we seem to forget the existence of special effects, and we can't help but treat the red balloon as an actor.
The characters in the film do not have any distinctive features. Whether they are drivers, mothers, teachers or classmates, they are all very ordinary characters in life. These scattered pieces make up a very real world, like something that cannot be obtained. destroy it. The strength of the red balloon is undoubtedly weak, and it was punctured in the end. But the director tries to tell us through the fate of the balloon that the individual struggle is not meaningless. Even if it eventually falls, its struggle will inspire and awaken more people. It's like a famous revolutionary saying; a martyr falls, but thousands of martyrs stand up.
Just like the little prince tamed the cute fox, the boy also tamed the bright red balloon. Such an ending gives people hope and is the best interpretation of the theme of the film.
[PS. La Morris seems to have been obsessed with the sky, flying and balloons all his life, so that in the end he attached his life to flying. When the
boy was waiting for the traffic light, I vaguely saw the thin line reflected on the man in blue, and found the stunt ~
The little boy is the director's son. He's so cute and looks like a
little boy. I don't want that broken balloon in the end. It's a pity and a disappointment.
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