New Wave Film

Brief
For my short film I will be implementing elements of New Wave Cinema using the knowledge I have learnt so far while also researching new techniques. I will take a lot of techniques from American, French and British New Wave. My new wave film will be based on the contrasting differences between nature and mankind with the short film cutting between shots of industrialisation and busy man made areas like main roads or retail, while also cutting back to the quieter shots of wildlife and nature. Some elements of new wave films that will be in my short film will be incoherent editing, with shots being cut at random times or times that would disrupt the natural flow of shot before, for example, if i have a shot of a deer running it might be interrupted mid shot with another of a busy road. "Non-linear and fragmented editing became another major and exciting contribution. For decades, each Shot A led logically into Shot B, leaving no gaps in the information to keep the audience from being confused. Now, in these French films, logic became a secondary concern. "Alyssa Maio(2015). Another element of new wave cinema that i will include into my short film will be these of a hand held camera and the lack of a tripod, throughout most of my film i won't be using a tripod to film as i am going to have to be moving around a lot, this will mimic a lot of French new wave films that incorporated this technique into their production. "The smaller, lightweight cameras were often "freed" from the tripod and handheld, giving a new life and energy to their films." Alyssa Maio(2015).

The Parallels of Nature 

Evaluation

During the production process of this film I struggled to get out and shoot footage of busy life so I improvised and used footage that was easier to gather around the college area. In keeping in line with the new wave theme I incorporated many techniques such as the shaky hand held camera, This was used as i was constantly on the move when filming the wildlife and i decided not to use a warp stabiliser as to keep the new wave element of the technique. The film shows the parallels between the animal world and human world with shots mimicking each other as i have one shot of people running then it cuts to a shot of the animals running.

Reference

Alyssa Maio.,(2015) What is French New Wave? Background and Revolutionary Techniques[Online]

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