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Examples Of Tropes In The 400 Blows

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In the mid to late 1950’s France saw the birth a new and unique form of moviemaking. This movement was famously known as the French New Wave and was developed by many different directors, critics and film students. Films found in the New Wave many communities that tie them together. Although a very famous New Wave film that came out near the end of the cycle, La Jetee (1962), broke away from many of the common tropes. The 400 Blows (1959) on the other hand was one of the first examples of a New Wave film, meaning that it followed the tropes more closely. When comparing and contrasting these films with the French New Wave we can find that what La Jetee lacks in New Wave tropes, The 400 Blows uses to it’s maximum effect. These tropes we will be examining include the use of improvised plot and dialog, the avoidance of montage and the use of a shaky handheld camera. …show more content…

A film like The 400 Blows achieves this by having the story focus on the life of a young boy that is constantly getting in trouble with society. This is not really a story you would find in a standard narrative film at the time, it instead simply follows the boy and his troubling life. The film is full of improvised dialog, including the scene when the boy is being questioned by a psychologist and the actor made up the monologue he gives in the film. On the other hand we have the film La Jetee which is strictly focused on the plot of the film. Instead of improvised sequences and dialog the film’s time travel based plot is at the forefront of the film, especially since it hinges on a ending plot

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