...The 400 Blows directed by François Truffaut changed many cinematic rules and planted the seed for new ones that are still being used today. This semi-autobiographical film played a large role in the beginning of the French New Wave. The most famous and still well used shot that came out of The 400 Blows was not used until the very end of the picture – the freeze-frame. This stylistic device was not used often at that time and it stuck in audience’s minds. The film itself follows the everyday life of a boy named Antoine. It’s not a particularly interesting life, but has its moments. He lives with his parents in a tiny apartment dealing with their oddities. His hurtful mom seems to only care about herself and his father appears to be a total fool. At school he is unfulfilled and everyone can tell. He can’t get away with anything in his attempts to make life a little less dull. For the majority of the film Antoine just plods along form one silly event to the next with his pal René. They skip school, go to see movies, and smoke. None of this is exception to watch or overly memorable. What is exceptional and memorable is how you viewed all this. Antoine travels throughout Paris, walking and sometimes almost jogging or running as if someone was pursuing him. His movement didn’t matter to me at the time until the end of the film when this now familiar trot is highlighted in his escape from reform school on route to the ocean. Even more memorable is how it appears on film. The camera...
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...François Truffaut’s film The 400 Blows (or Les Quatre Cents Coups) falls under the category of art cinema; its style and form can be understood by way of an understanding of the conventions or anti-conventions of the art film model. Truffaut’s treatment of story, character, image, and space conform to the generally recognized set of characteristics that typify the genre. In the film the life of the protagonist, Antoine Doinel, accords with the filmmaker’s conscious attempt at creating a film that challenges commonly held notions of narrative, character, and style. As such, Les Quatre Cents Coups is a film in which the central character’s motives are ambiguous, narrative events are loosely connected, and degrees of closure are limited. These characteristics will later form the basic structure of the art film model and can be used to understand the film and art films, in general. An understanding of Les Quatre Cents Coups proves a difficult task without some understanding of the French New Wave, an influential film movement falling roughly between 1959 and 1964. During this era, directors such as: Godard, Chabrol, Truffaut, sought to produce films with a casual style and ambiguous but psychologically developed characters; these directors were opposed to studio filmmaking and the norms of “classical style” and story, which promoted narrative clarity and unity. According to James Monaco, the “aesthetic of the New Wave cinema was improvisational and its photography and editing were...
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...Matthew Santarsiero Film 101 3/8/12 The 400 Blows by François Truffaut The movie 400 Blows, a film that was created over 50 years ago is as modern and extraordinary as any film presently released today. It was made during the French New Wave timeframe which was a completely different style compared to many other films during that period of time and honestly was similar to most of the “Hollywood” movies that I am used to in this country. This new wave of films fundamentally surrounded itself by creating a feel of real life and personality on the screen that would captivate its viewers, and the movie 400 Blows did everything and more than I expected. This movie exclusively left out a realizable plot, but there is one thing that it did not do. It kept the life that Francois Truffaut was telling as real and as close to authentic as he possibly could. It was shot in first person singular which allows the viewer to imagine exactly what is going on inside the head of the protagonist, in this case Antoine Doinel. We as viewers, are able to follow the childhood of young Antoine as he constantly gets into trouble and ultimately how he deals with living with an uncaring and very difficult family in Paris during his adolescent years. It’s very easy to become captivated with the dialogue and acting within this picture because at certain points you feel the characters emotions and daily struggles as if they were your own. During the time of watching this movie I immediately felt...
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...Film 101 Mansour Week 4 – The Foreign Film (400 Blows, 1959) French New Wave (1959-1964) BREAKDOWN FROM CH 10 READING Origins Early French Cinema of 1930’s A period of Poetic realism which meant treating everyday life with emotional sensitivity, showing us how the hardships or highs/lows are supposed to FEEL Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher with existentialist philosophies: Artists should rebel against societal constraints Responsibility for their own actions Create their own world Alexander Astruc French film critic who said filmmaker needs to use all aspects of camera as a pen Compares it to a novelist and his novel French documentary filmmaking, called “cinema verite” of the 1960’s featuring: Portable camera equipment to make films mobile and flexible Rough, intimate look Informal framing, unsettled camera work British Free Cinema/Italian Neorealism Influence of surrounding film movements in Europe which used Advanced narrative structure Focus on real stories about real people New Wave Tenets Developed by Film theorist Andre Bazin Realism Realistic depiction of everyday life as opposed to exaggerated Hollywood style Mise-en-scene Meaning focusing the elements within the frame Characters, background, ANYTHING in the frame Authorship Director’s style – his vision/perspective Soon-to-be called “Auteur Thoery” New Wave Film Traits (moves away from traditional film making) Unsettled camera movement Unusual angles Addressing the camera Improvisational Rejecting traditional linear...
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...Neglect and Abandonment: Les 400 Coups Les 400 Coups, is a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut is highly impactful first-person narrative. The protagonist Antoine Doniel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), is a young Parisian boy who struggles with life. The theme rejection is supported in the film, Les 400 Coups through demonstrations of abandonment, neglect and unhappiness, conveyed through robust cinematography. Abandonment is dramatically demonstrated in the opening sequence. Anotine Doniel, is first introduced to us in the classroom setting. The camera zooms in on him drawing on a pinup poster. Immediately Anotine gets in trouble and is segregated from everyone by being directed behind a large black board. He is being denounced from the...
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...Reaction Paper Portfolio Course: World Film History Ma Vie en Rose (France, 1997, directed by Alain Berliner): Living Under Social Pressure The movie Ma Vie en Rose was directed by a Belgian director, Alain Berliner, in 1997. A seven-year old boy named Ludovic (Georges du Fresne) is the main character of the movie. He is a boy who wants to be a girl. Moreover, he is totally sure that he is a girl and that it was just a simple God’s mistake that can be righted. However, he finds it extremely hard to live under social pressure that he faces at home and at school. Ludovic’s family tries to ignore his female-oriented games at first. As Ludovic’s mother Hanna (Michele Laroque) says that at the age of seven he was like any other child searching for his identity and individuality. But what happens in reality is that every member of his family shares opinion that he was born a boy and should stay a male until he dies. In fact, he is not given freedom of choice by his family. Ludo adores his mother Hanna and grandmother (Helene Vincent) and admires their beauty and femininity. These two women can make him happy, but he wants them to love him as he is. However, Ludo cannot find enough respect and tolerance for his female identity even from them. Little Ludo learns that expressing his female orientation publicly evokes a negative reaction from both adults and his peers at school. His classmates accept it as a rule that girls...
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...In the film, The 400 Blows Antoine is no stranger to punishment. Antoine's engulfed in controversy and punishment from the beginning. Although he is not the only troubled and misguided child in his class, he is the only child being publicly punished harshly. These circumstances, in essence, cultivate a poor environment for Antoine's growth and maturity. Therefore, Antoine becomes a juvenile delinquent because he lacks an adult mentor. In the film, The 400 Blows Antoine is no stranger to punishment. Antoine's engulfed in controversy and punishment from the beginning. Although he is not the only troubled and misguided child in his class, he is the only child being publicly punished harshly. These circumstances, in essence, cultivate a poor...
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...andthe soils under investigation are softor loose• Mackintosh Probe which has 30°cone penetrometer while JKR Probeshas 60° cone penetrometer. 4. • Based on the principles stated by HUARSLEV (1948) for drive rods for soundings and sampling and recommended methods for static and dynamics soundings by Europeans groups and subcommittee (1968).• The rods consist of 16mm diameter High Yield Steel each of length approximately 120cm. Then the rods are connected to each other by 25mm outer diameter couplings.Coupling = provide the lateral supports to the rods to prevent buckling during driving the rods.• Driving is performed with a small hammer of 5kg and falling vertically though a fixed height of 30cm along a guide a rod.• The total numbers of blows required for the pointer to penetrate a distance of 30cm is recorded and used as a measure of the consistency of cohesive soil and the packing of granular soil. 5. AIMS 6. For every in-situ or laboratory test that had been carried out must have an aim or an objective. The objectives of the JKR/Machintosh Probe Test are: 7. Collecting a disturbed soil sample forgrain size analysis and soil classification.Determine the sub-surface stratigraphyand identify materials present.Evaluate soil density and in-situ stresscondition.Estimate geotechnical parameters. 8. ADVANTAGES• Light and easy user.• Does not need skill worker.• Economical.• Provides a disturbed soil sample for moisture content determination.• Faster and cheaper tools 9. DISADVANTAGES•...
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...Snooks. Mr. and Mrs. Snooks are going to bed. Mrs. Snooks ask Mr. Snooks if he could blow the candle out. But he can only blow by putting his under lip over his upper lip. So his breath went up instead of blowing out the candle flame. So Mrs. Snooks get up from the bed to blow the candle out. But she can only blow by putting her upper lip over her under lip. So her breath went down to the floor. So Mrs. Snooks called her son John to come and blow out the candle. He came. John could only blow out of the right corner of his mouth. So his breath hit the wall of the room instead of the candle. So they all called for his sister, little Ann. She came. Little Ann could only blow out of the left side of her mouth. So her breath hit the wall instead of the candle. Suddenly they heard a heavy steady tread coming along the pavement. It was a policeman. Mrs. Snooks ask the policeman if he can blow out the candle. The policeman came. He came into the room were Mr. Snooks, Mrs. Snooks, John and little Ann were standing around the candle they wanted to blow out. And just with a little puff, the policeman blow out the candle at first time. All in the family thanked him. The policeman turned around and went down the stairs. “Just a moment, you musn`t go down the stairs in the dark” said Mr. Snooks. He lit the candle again. The policeman went out the door and Mr. Snooks went up to go to bed. “Would you blow out the candle?” said Mrs. Snooks to Mr. Snooks. And so on ad...
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...Snooks. Mr. and Mrs. Snooks are going to bed. Mrs. Snooks ask Mr. Snooks if he could blow the candle out. But he can only blow by putting his under lip over his upper lip. So his breath went up instead of blowing out the candle flame. So Mrs. Snooks get up from the bed to blow the candle out. But she can only blow by putting her upper lip over her under lip. So her breath went down to the floor. So Mrs. Snooks called her son John to come and blow out the candle. He came. John could only blow out of the right corner of his mouth. So his breath hit the wall of the room instead of the candle. So they all called for his sister, little Ann. She came. Little Ann could only blow out of the left side of her mouth. So her breath hit the wall instead of the candle. Suddenly they heard a heavy steady tread coming along the pavement. It was a policeman. Mrs. Snooks ask the policeman if he can blow out the candle. The policeman came. He came into the room were Mr. Snooks, Mrs. Snooks, John and little Ann were standing around the candle they wanted to blow out. And just with a little puff, the policeman blow out the candle at first time. All in the family thanked him. The policeman turned around and went down the stairs. “Just a moment, you musn`t go down the stairs in the dark” said Mr. Snooks. He lit the candle again. The policeman went out the door and Mr. Snooks went up to go to bed. “Would you blow out the candle?” said Mrs. Snooks to Mr. Snooks. And so on ad...
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...Snooks. Mr. and Mrs. Snooks are going to bed. Mrs. Snooks ask Mr. Snooks if he could blow the candle out. But he can only blow by putting his under lip over his upper lip. So his breath went up instead of blowing out the candle flame. So Mrs. Snooks get up from the bed to blow the candle out. But she can only blow by putting her upper lip over her under lip. So her breath went down to the floor. So Mrs. Snooks called her son John to come and blow out the candle. He came. John could only blow out of the right corner of his mouth. So his breath hit the wall of the room instead of the candle. So they all called for his sister, little Ann. She came. Little Ann could only blow out of the left side of her mouth. So her breath hit the wall instead of the candle. Suddenly they heard a heavy steady tread coming along the pavement. It was a policeman. Mrs. Snooks ask the policeman if he can blow out the candle. The policeman came. He came into the room were Mr. Snooks, Mrs. Snooks, John and little Ann were standing around the candle they wanted to blow out. And just with a little puff, the policeman blow out the candle at first time. All in the family thanked him. The policeman turned around and went down the stairs. “Just a moment, you musn`t go down the stairs in the dark” said Mr. Snooks. He lit the candle again. The policeman went out the door and Mr. Snooks went up to go to bed. “Would you blow out the candle?” said Mrs. Snooks to Mr. Snooks. And so on ad...
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...The struggle of Antoine throughout the movie is very explicit. He was just a plain victim of unfortunate lying like when he punished by his teacher because he was holding a sexy photo even though he does not own it. It was just too unfortunate of him that every time he lies, he was caught up. And when he tries to say the truth, no one believes him. I believe that there is always a risk in lying and that is being caught. Good for those who lie but was not caught. But there was one lucky mistake that Antoine did. It was when he left a candle lighted. He was reprimanded but suddenly it turned out that her mother defended him. And they decided to go into a movie house and stroll around the streets of France. I admired the friendship of Rene because he offered something new, something that distract Antoine from his problems about his fam ily. He brought pleasure to besieged Antoine by going on into arcades, movies and puppet shows and smoking. I am okay with this because he did this for a pleasure. And why would Antoine stay in the school where he is an eye sore to his teachers if he can do stuffs outside that would make him happy? Rene even offered Antoine a place to stay. But I doubted him when he did not tell the cops that he was also liable in stealing the typewriter. Yes, I considered the action of Antoine and Rene as a stealing although there is an intention to return it. But they already stole it. Rene redeemed my respect when he tried to visit Antoine in the observatory center...
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...whistle and present your findings. Your findings will show one person who did it and came out with a win for him/herself as well as for the good of society. Your other one will show someone who perhaps should have done nothing, or at least show that so far (because there case is not done) they have only hurt themselves and/or their family. Remember this is research, not your opinion. Personal opinions do not count in research papers, just facts. Some things to consider: 1. What is the obligation of an employee to his company versus society? 2. What might be the consequences of whistleblowing? 3. How might you avoid the mistake of an inappropriate allegation? 4. Are there any laws to protect whistleblowers? 5. Who do you go to, to blow the whistle? 6. Depending on the severity of what you’re going to whistle on, do you think your life and/or your families could be in danger? Can you find a documented case on this? 7. There’s a perception in Washington that much more leaking is going on now than during previous administrations. Is leaking a form a whistleblowing? And how much of this is really going on in Washington? Suggested formatting: Start with an Abstract, then add a summary of facts section. Follow that with an analysis section where issues are identified and discussed. Finish with a conclusion where implications are addressed. Cite all sources in the body of the paper in abbreviated format, and again in a reference page (full citation)....
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...Coleman has had several stretches on the road that last three months or more. During a sales trip to Smalltown, Colorado in March 2008, Coleman found it necessary to wash his laundry. He also wanted to buy an anniversary present for his wife. Coleman went to the mall to buy the present. While at the mall, Coleman saw a ring that he really liked but could not afford. He decided to steal it. He then went to Jimmy’s Poor-Man’s Bar to meet with a client, John. Jimmy’s wasn’t a client of Coleman’s, but John didn’t like his customers to see him “doing business.” Coleman was talking with Jimmy about business when he spilled his drink all over the bar. That made him think about this cool trick where you put pure grain alcohol in your mouth, blow it out and light it. Coleman took a big drink, took out his lighter, and said, “What this!” He lit his lighter, blew the liquid and a fireball went through the room. The fireball hit Jimmy and killed him instantly. The bar also sustained a lot of damage. Software Inc. fired Coleman without even interviewing him to get his version of the events. Software Inc.’s handbook required all employees to be interviewed before termination. A week later, Coleman called John to make amends. When they met, Coleman said, "The company and I are so sorry about what happened. Let me take you out to dinner – Software Inc. will pay the bill." They went to a restaurant, and instantly got into an argument...
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...across the nations. This has had a profound effect on employee morale both for those whose jobs have been eliminated and for the survivors left behind who are expected to do more and more. What steps should the city’s HR department do to minimize the impact of downsizing on employee morale? On those who survive? | Answer to Question #1: The HR department should communicate with all of their employees and let them know what is going on and that there may be some downsizing. Everything should be stated clearly so that there is no confusion and no one spreads rumors about some people being laid off. | Question #2: What else could the HR department have done to soften the blow on the eliminated employees? | Answer to Question #2: The HR department could have used Upward communication to soften the blow on the eliminated employees and explain to them the reason behind it instead of just laying them off without an explanation | Question #3: If you were Marquis, what would you do? Identify a course of action. | Answer to Question #3: If I were Marquis, I would have tried to find the source of the grapevine and find out if what was being said, was true or not. I would also start to look for another job when I heard the rumor of being laid off. | Question #4: Click...
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