The 400 Blows Excerpt 8: The escape from the center; Antoine runs to the seashore; the freeze frame at the end of the film (4’31”).
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The 400 Blows Excerpt 8: The escape from the center; Antoine runs to the seashore; the freeze frame at the end of the film (4’31”).
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| 1. | Discuss how the camera movements in the first shot of this sequence are designed to avoid cutting the scene into a series of shots. |
| 2. | Describe the lengthy shot where Antoine runs (camera work, soundtrack). Why, in your opinion, did Truffaut shoot the scene this way? |
| 3. | At what precise moment does the music begin? Why, in your opinion? |
| 4. | Discuss the music which swells up as Antoine’s runs out onto the beach. Where have we heard this music before? What does it connote? |
| 5. | Describe the final shot of the film, and discuss the freeze frame at the end. Possible meaning(s)? |