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Modes, French
Question | Answer |
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Who is responsible for telling the story, and the formal, stylistic format of the film? | The setting/country where the film takes place |
Auteur Theory | The director, who oversees all audio and visual elements of the film, is to be considered more the “author” than the writer of the screenplay. Developed in 1940's & 50's France |
Consistency Thesis | A director’s work is recognizable as such. Can tell who directed a film based on style and cinematography, w/o seeing director name |
French New Wave | Young auteur theorists who were Influenced by Italian Neorealism and Hollywood Cinema, started to make their own movies. Challenged French studio system’s “tradition of quality” |
Characteristics of French New Wave | *Experimentation w/ film form *Playfulness w/ medium *Disjointed narrative *Characters w/o clear motivations, lack of story unity, or cause & effect, improvised dialogue, shooting on location |