French New Wave

The French new wave , arguably the most influential movement ,  was an era that created a whole new playing field for films and would continue you to for years to come. Inspired by Hollywood cinema and Italian neorealism , new young film makers like Jean Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol emerged. A film that is most recognized as French new wave is breathless by Jean Luc Godard. In this film a thief stills a car , has a high speed chase with police , then murders a cop and is hiding out in his girlfriends apartment. The new wave experimented with little equipment and new ways to film scenes like long takes and jump cuts in the editing . Overall this wave of films was very influential and is still relevant in today’s film making.