Forbidden Games Excerpt 1:Forbidden Games Excerpt The beginning of the film—the mass exodus; the death of Paulette’s parents on the bridge (5’00).
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Forbidden Games Excerpt 1:Forbidden Games Excerpt The beginning of the film—the mass exodus; the death of Paulette’s parents on the bridge (5’00).
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| 1. | Discuss the editing of this first sequence, comparing the series of shots before the death of Paulette’s parents with those which follow it. What effect is Clément trying to create in the first part of this sequence? |
| 2. | Discuss how Paulette is filmed after the death of her parents (size and length of the shots, camera angles). What is the psychological value of the staging? |
| 3. | Discuss the composition of the soundtrack of this excerpt (the interplay between noise and silence). |