week 4

WEEK 4

French New Wave
(Tidal wave)
1950-1960

Critics from Cahiers du cinema such Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette and Jean-Luc Godard (their films are bold, experimented with techniques) are major figures of this era
The ones who played a main role in the new cinematic approach were film geeks who exploded in the film scene in the late 1950s by using philosophical trends. They broke through the limitations of cinema where they used other methods of editing and shooting.

François Truffaut

someone who is fond of Cinema, who was greatly influenced by hollywood film. he worked as a film critic before becoming a filmmaker

Because of this French New wave, a new concept was popularised which is also called auteur theory which means that the director is the author of his own movie with his own signature or style. It is a low budget film, casts are sometimes the director's cousin, brother or any relative.

Things that i learned from the previous sen regarding french new wave, jump cuts. Though i still don't know when and how to use jump cuts.LOL also long tracking shots which i don't like coz it's draggy though if it has lines, i don't mind looking at it for one whole minute because lines are pretty.

My though on Breathless:

It's an amazing film because without it there won't be french new wave movement. i like the contrast between characters as well one is a sex obsessed gangster and the other one is a student who wants to stay free. It's amazing how this film didnt care about the limitations and rules of filmmaking without the problems of plots