Short Video of French New Wave Filming Techniques

The above is an example of the filming techniques of the French New Wave movement.

The directors of French New Wave incorporate multiple techniques within their films. As you can see in the above video, there are 4 scenes. It is a short film about a guy who tries to deliver the letter to the designated address of the recipient, and ended up by frustration of not able to deliver the letter.

Scene 1

On the first scene, it shows that the guy found the letter in his mailbox. This is an example of a natural daylight shooting. Without the use of the professional lighting equipments, the natural lighting eliminates the artificial lighting and enhances the scene naturally. The shooting location is rather low-budget as it is an apartment where it looks old in and torn.

Scene 2

On this particular scene, the guy is walking on a street, searching for the address of the letter’s recipient. The jump cuts of the scene show that the guy is searching the letter’s truthful owner. Jump cut is one of the prominent characteristics found in the French New Wave.

Scene 3

The handheld camera challenges the camera movement of typical high production camera which was huge and restricted in movement. In this scene, the handheld camera follows the character’s movement where it created a sense of movement with the character.  In this scene, the audio fulfills its fidelity towards its scene, when the car passes by the guy while he was walking.

Scene 4

 The last scene is the example of the natural sound. The guy puts back the letter to where it was found furiously, by slamming the letter box’s cover.