Analysis Of The Red Ballon's

The Red Balloon’s (Lamorisse, 1956) opening shot has a mise-en-scene that focuses on the start to the young boy’s morning as he approaches the early sunrise of the streets of Paris with his school bag in hand. Along his way he stops to enjoy the simple pleasure of petting the cat sitting on the sidewalk before he descends down the stairs to continue on his way. The opening shot presents a shallow focus as the camera’s main view is that of the boy, cat, and the top of the stairs. The background of the shot is very dark with shadows, while the foreground is extremely distant with only a faint view of the streets of Paris and the morning sky. The editing of The Red Balloon’s opening shot to the second shot has a jump cut transition as the opening