Nouvelle Vague
Rational:
This documentary will explore how the new wave movement in cinema, throughout France and America, began and how. Giving a brief history of the socioeconomic-cultural context so to understand the formation of the movement. Four films, will aid with this investigation: “400 Blows”(1959, Truffaut), “Breathless”(1960, Jean-Luc Godard) “Bonny and Clyde” (1967, Arthur Penn) and “Blow Up” (1966, Michelangelo Antonioni). These films will be used as a reference so as to give exemplars of this cinematic movement. The demographic that I will be aiming for are adolescents, to give an understanding to a younger generation of New Wave, using techniques to communicate to convey these concepts effectively.
Word Count: 100
Video | Audio | Shot Type: MSShot Length: 10secsFX: B/WDescription:Clip starts rolling, The scene from Truffaut’s “Breathless” when the two main characters are walking down the street, title appears on black screen “Nouvelle Vague” and audio fades out | Up Beat jazz music starts on a beat.No VO until next scene. | Shot Type: Montage Shot Length: 10sec FX: -Description: Montage of these New Wave films opening sequences: 1. Jules et Jim 2. Masculine Feminine | Voice over (VO) fades in: “The nouvelle vague or “new wave”, is widely regarded as ne of the most influential movements ever to take place in cinemaDiegetic sound from films cam be heard for a snippet at the end of the clip | Shot Type: Montage Shot Length: 30sec FX: B/WDescription:Montage of German army occupation, the Hitler regime, tanks and the Gestapo. Then a montage of 60’s hippies at the Woodstock festival, riots and protests in the streets. | VO: Between the years of 1940-1944 France was occupied by Germany, it was a dark time in their history, the blackout imposed by the Occupying German forces meant that the lights had to be turned out, a shortage of petrol kept cars off the road while the curfew kept people off the streets.The Late 1930’s provided American Cinema
This documentary will explore how the new wave movement in cinema, throughout France and America, began and how. Giving a brief history of the socioeconomic-cultural context so to understand the formation of the movement. Four films, will aid with this investigation: “400 Blows”(1959, Truffaut), “Breathless”(1960, Jean-Luc Godard) “Bonny and Clyde” (1967, Arthur Penn) and “Blow Up” (1966, Michelangelo Antonioni). These films will be used as a reference so as to give exemplars of this cinematic movement. The demographic that I will be aiming for are adolescents, to give an understanding to a younger generation of New Wave, using techniques to communicate to convey these concepts effectively.
Word Count: 100
Video | Audio | Shot Type: MSShot Length: 10secsFX: B/WDescription:Clip starts rolling, The scene from Truffaut’s “Breathless” when the two main characters are walking down the street, title appears on black screen “Nouvelle Vague” and audio fades out | Up Beat jazz music starts on a beat.No VO until next scene. | Shot Type: Montage Shot Length: 10sec FX: -Description: Montage of these New Wave films opening sequences: 1. Jules et Jim 2. Masculine Feminine | Voice over (VO) fades in: “The nouvelle vague or “new wave”, is widely regarded as ne of the most influential movements ever to take place in cinemaDiegetic sound from films cam be heard for a snippet at the end of the clip | Shot Type: Montage Shot Length: 30sec FX: B/WDescription:Montage of German army occupation, the Hitler regime, tanks and the Gestapo. Then a montage of 60’s hippies at the Woodstock festival, riots and protests in the streets. | VO: Between the years of 1940-1944 France was occupied by Germany, it was a dark time in their history, the blackout imposed by the Occupying German forces meant that the lights had to be turned out, a shortage of petrol kept cars off the road while the curfew kept people off the streets.The Late 1930’s provided American Cinema
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