Directed by Albert Lamorisse in 1956, The Red Balloon appealled to me because of Lamorisse' unique style of his period of time. He used cinematogrpahy techniques that were so original and techniques that had never been used before. In particular i admire his use of long shots and the way he manipulates angles that conveys the state of emotion the boy is at. I feel he chose the location well which gave him the space and different uses of angles to do these types of shots. Colour is used in a very delicate way as he uses it to portray certain acpects of the film for example the bleak colours contrast with the vibrant red of the balloon that connotes danger and threat from the other kids.
Sound and Audio is a big part of the film - he uses limited dialog only for parts where it seems necessary, in the other parts the movement from the red balloon represents the atmosphere and emotion. Sounds also used carefully in the sense that he uses small sound effects to represent a peaceful enviroment.
Although he uses the camera extremely well, one part that didn't appeal to me was a long take of the balloon as its falling and about to die. I felt lamorisse could have used techniques inside the mes en scene like lighting to represent the death of the balloon that could have influenced the emotion that the scene gives off in comparison to the ambient lighting.
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