Three brief, consecutive scenes from Truffaut’s The Soft Skin (1964)

the clip

apartment scene

Wow, the shots in this scene is really smooth. It looks like very plain, not lots of up and downs going on. However it contains plenty of information in a very shot time. Audience is acknowledged of the relationships between characters, characters’ personalities, family background, lifestyle, living circumstances. These elements are contained very naturally in these wonderfully choreographed shots.

car scene

The car scene is also very nice. It is mainly made up by several montages clips of driving. The frame and the entire scene is totally in good control, static. Also, the shot with the little girl sitting in the middle of two men is interesting, I don’t know, never see a car scene like that. It is so steady and faddish. The car scene is perfectly covered by these small clips.

airport scene

‘a handful of shots to signify an event, iconic and generic’

‘A loose shot of the airline employee past Pierre, a close‐up of the intercom with ballpoint pen. A close‐up of Pierre –his eye‐lines cuing a shot of the clock and of Michel. The luggage tag goes on. A stewardess appears etc’.

Reference: Three brief, consecutive scenes from Truffaut’s The Soft Skin (1964)