Le Voyage du ballon rouge
à l'origine
What is the name of Song's video that we made (the one Suzanne watched)
Le Voyage du ballon rouge (2 ls, 1 os)
What is the name of the film for this week
Impression, Sunrise (by Monet)
What painting is Vallotton's Le Ballon similar to?
Taiwan
Where is Hou Hsiao-Hsien from?
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Who is the DP/ film director?
Diegetic sound
__________ is sound that comes from something in the film
Non-diegetic sound
_______________ is when the characters in the film CAN'T hear the sound
Musée d'Orsay
Le Voyage du ballon rouge ewas comissioned by _____________
just read
JUST READ THEMES Childhood vs. adulthood Isolation --> CAR SCENE Communication: Speech and silence (self reflexive), translation, means of transportation (walking; train, subway, bus, car). Present and past (memory) --> SISTER SCENE Inside vs. outside Presence & absence Playing Tangible & imaginary
just rea d
Just read Hou Hsiao-Hsien's tademakrs are... - long takes/ static movements - minimal camera movements - intricate choregraphy of actors and space - his style is less narrative - likes to "show" rather than "tell"
Taiwanese
Hou Hsiao-Hsien is _____________
childhood vs adult isolation, present and past, inside vs outside, presence and absence
Name 4 themes
Edward Yang
Other than Hou Hsaio-Hsien, who is another well-known DP in this New Wave movement?
false (he does not speak the langauge and his translator was Song from the movie)
True of false Hou Hsiao-Hsien is fluent in french
false (it was musée d'orsay)
True or false The Louvre comissioned Le Voyage du ballon rouge
Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement
Whaat film movement was Hou Hsaio-Hsien a part of?
just read
just read TECHNIQUES in the film (Window) reflections Strategic use of camera placement (inside/outside) Typical long takes Majority of long and medium shots; almost no close-ups Relatively limited use of montage.
past, present (think: Simon and sister scene with the jukebox)
the film shifts between _______ and _______
2007 (the film is 12 years old)
the year the film was released?
Song (a foreigner like HHH) is making a film inspired by lamorisse's Le Ballon Rouge, Simon's class visit the Musée d'Orsay to view Vallotton's 'Le Ballon' (this is a pictorial mise en abyme of Hou's film....they're looking at a piece of art about that reminds them from Lamorisse's le ballon rouge)
what are some examples of "mise en abîme in the film?
no close-ups (done strategically so that were are at a "distance"...similar to the balloon....think of ending sense), camera placement (inside/outside....think of when Suzanne is in the car), relatively limited use of montage (shows "fantasy"/ memory aspect of film...jump from present to past with sister)
what are the most important cinematic techniques in the film?
Juliette Binoche (Suzanne), Simon Iteanu (Simon)
what are the names of famous actors (lead roles) who played in the film?
mise en abîme
what does the following describe? A technique in which a story contains a smaller copy of itself, the sequence appearing to one or more times.
L'origine du monde (the photo of the vagina...think: Suzanne's childhood)
what famous painting Song's video/movie relate to
a technique in which there are smaller versions of the overall plot/topic throughout the piece;story-within-a-story; reflections/ mirror effect
what is "mise en abîme"?
Drama/Art
what is the film's genre?
Lamorisse's Le Balloon Rouge
what was the inspiration of this film?
Le Ballon by Vallotton
what was the name of the painting that Simon's class visited in the Musée d'Orsay?
Suzanne (the mom), Simon (the boy), Song (the au pair), Louise (the sister)
who were the main characters in the film?
