VCULT100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: French New Wave, Italian Neorealism, New Youth
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German expressionism: direct, frank, reaction to conservative social values at the turn of the 20th century, desire to startle the viewer. French new wave: vibrant, innovative, self-conscious films, bold and modern takes on classical masters, new youth market, impatient with cinema de papa (parents generation film, tech plays a new role, quick and cheap, little family life. Italian neorealism: stories involving the poor and working class, film on location, non professional actors, ordinary people, slower pace, heightened realism. European art cinema: counter hollywood cinema, no commercial, non-mainstream. Auteur: use film as a personal vehicle for expression. Loose, ambiguous narrative (in the mood for love: characters in search of meaning, slower pace, heightened realism. Jump cut: radical editing technique (eg. close up to a birds eye) Shot at faster speeds (>24 frames per second) will look slower. Take an image, divide into 9 quadrants, along the lines the object/people should be placed.
