The Red Balloon (1956)
Directed by Albert Lamorisse · Cinematography by Edmond Séchan
34 min35 frames
ComedyDramaFamilyFantasy
Something to uplift your spirit.
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The Red Balloon — official trailer
What is The Red Balloon about?
A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere.
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What does the cinematography of The Red Balloon look like?
Sampled across 35 frames, the coverage of The Red Balloon leans on wide compositions and full-body frames. Cinematographer Edmond Séchan keeps almost all of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — most of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1950s.
What is the color palette of The Red Balloon?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Red Balloon (1956) are #919090, #afadac, #6c6d6f, #d2d2d0, #515250, #313030 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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