The French Nouvelle Vague (New Wave

French Nouvelle Vague first emerged in the late 1950s and forever impacted the cinema world. They usually range from 2 to 4 minutes in length and are in some way, shape or form a self-reflection of the director. Jump cuts,  long takes, and improv dialogue is usually almost always featured in a French Nouvelle Vague (New Wave). Mise-en-scenes are scenes in which the point of view is something almost personal such as the actor's backs facing the camera instead of their front. These unique scenes are very prominent throughout a French Nouvelle Vague. The films are created by people who do everything themselves from the filming to the directing. Some famous French New Wave directors include Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless) and Francois Truffaut (400 Blows). Many times these films showed the realism of the streets rather than the usually Hollywood studio that at the time was the norm therefore the films truly showed a new perspective and point of view to the audience.

The French Nouvelle Vague (New Wave

French Nouvelle Vague first emerged in the late 1950s and forever impacted the cinema world. They usually range from 2 to 4 minutes in length and are in some way, shape or form a self-reflection of the director. Jump cuts,  long takes, and improv dialogue is usually almost always featured in a French Nouvelle Vague (New Wave). Mise-en-scenes are scenes in which the point of view is something almost personal such as the actor's backs facing the camera instead of their front. These unique scenes are very prominent throughout a French Nouvelle Vague. The films are created by people who do everything themselves from the filming to the directing. Some famous French New Wave directors include Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless) and Francois Truffaut (400 Blows). Many times these films showed the realism of the streets rather than the usually Hollywood studio that at the time was the norm therefore the films truly showed a new perspective and point of view to the audience.

                       

  What Experimental Film/ Avant-Garde Film Means To Me?

Over the past few days, I have learned a tremendous amount about experimental films and what exactly they are. An experimental film is a film that is produced by one person or a small group with usually out of pocket money. The films are not produced to gain lots of popularity but as a way to truly practice your freedom of expressing something that interests you and as a way to get the message across. To me, experimental films are a unique way for you to show people something out of your point of view and as a way to spread something that you think is an issue or cool. You have unlimited freedom and there are truly no boundaries to what you can make or create. What I love most about experimental films is that whatever you create the film doesn't have to make sense to anyone but yourself therefore you can have this special connection that no one else has.  It can be something very simple and basic or something absolutely crazy and insane. The films allow the producer to get across a message in a new form in order to get more people thinking about the topic and opening their minds to new ideas.