This article is really useful for my research because it discusses some of the techniques and conventions used in the French New Wave. It also compares the camera techniques of the French New Wave to the ones of the Hollywood films of the time. This also mentions the directors that are still influenced by the French New Wave today. I will discuss these French New Wave techniques in my presentation and apply them to my three focus films: 'The 400 Blows', 'Breathless' and 'Contempt'.
This quote is perfect for my presentation as it talks about how bored the young French filmmakers were at the time and how they wanted to break free from the boring world of American film. This is how the French New Wave started.
This section of the article further discusses how dissatisfied the young filmmakers were. It also discusses how film was the most popular form of entertainment in 1950's France and how Television wasn't that popular in France yet. They also believed in the Auteur theory. The Auteur theory is the belief that the director of the film should be the author of the film and that it should contain personal meaning and beliefs of the director.
Source: http://www.filmeducation.org/pdf/resources/secondary/FrenchNouvelleVague.pdf
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