Grand Illusion Excerpt 1: At the French officers’ mess (1’10”)
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Grand Illusion Excerpt 1: At the French officers’ mess (1’10”) |
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Questions |
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| 1. | How many shots are there in this excerpt? |
| 2. | What is the dominant technique (camera movement) used here? |
| 3. | Where does Renoir use editing in this excerpt? What type of transition between shots does he use? |
| 4. | How many pans are there? |
| 5. | Camera angles: Describe the position of the camera at the beginning of this excerpt. |
| 6. | Why is the close-up at the beginning of the film surprising? |
| 7. | Where does depth of field (deep focus photography) come into play? What role does it generally play in Renoir’s films? |
| 8. | To what extent does this excerpt resemble a sequence shot? Why does Renoir prefer sequence shots to editing shots together (montage)? |
| 9. | What technique does Renoir often use to highlight the actors? Where do we see an example of this here? |
| 10. | How
does Renoir construct Maréchal’s character in this scene?
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