The new wave style of film making was created in the 1960s as an answer to the repetitive and formulaic structure to Hollywood films. New wave cinema, pioneered by directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, was designed and created to break the rules and create something completely different and a new experience, which audiences loved. New wave film making is recognised as freeing the way that films were made - it is profound for the use of natural footage out on the streets as opposed to using studios or fixed sets and is enduring, much like cubism and surrealism.
There are various different types of new wave cinema, due to it being a wide spread film making style across various countries. Some of these include: French New Wave, American New Wave, Hong Kong New Wave and Czech New Wave. Some of the notable conventions for new wave cinema are the following:
- They included mistakes in the final film
- Handheld camera
- Hidden cameras in natural environments (e.g. streets and buildings - meaning that the reactions of people are genuine)
- Breaking the forth wall and director having cameos in their own films
- Syncopated editing
- Jump cuts (often moving from one scene to another with no explanation)
- Long takes with static/mobile or lateral tracking
- Interior monologues and random comments
- Sound doesn't always match the video, due to the sound being added post filming
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