New Wave Film Plan

New Wave Plan


For my new wave short i wanted to re capture the essence of Jean Luc Godards rebellious and direct style of film making, whilst still maintaining a personal, accurate film that captures the mindset and attitude of teenagers in our time. simmmiraly to New Wave films, we wanted to create a film that was embolic of our time, using shots and editing techies that represented us, the youth of today. to plan this film we sat down and sincerely thought about what was personal to us, what social, cultural and personal issues that we, as film makers challenged us. for my film i intend to create a film that explore s the personal issues surrounding an individual who wants nothing more than to speak up and essentially disagree with the norm. this is easily comparable to Godards style of film making, his films challenge the social normality, and how his views were suppressed and essentially doomed. with our film we wanted to do exactly this, challenge the norm, not only with thematic issues but also technically, in our story board we planned how shots would linger long after the action of the scene has ended, how shots would focus more on the background. shots would remain distant and in personal, exactly how an individual would think of themselves in this world of anger and hate.






the narrative of the film will be about how an individual feels that he/she is trapped within a society of like minded individuals who feel powerless to speak out against this mind set presented to them. we plan to represent this using a strictly black and white monotone aesthetic, symbolic for how in this world, everything is either black or white, there is no gray area to issues, only right or wrong. in terms of camera techniques we wanted to crete the impression that the short was filmed in one shot, literally following an individual through his day, this type of footage would give the impression that we are literally filming someones day, that we are personally following this individuals life. shots will essentially remain at a personal 'Eye level" state, the audience should essentially feel like they are personally in the film, that there viewership is effecting the quintessential movement of the film.
in terms of editing i intended to keep the film appearing like a single take, a one shot, or apparent one shot would feel like we are literally following this individuals experience of the world. the impression of one apparent take of a scene is embolic of Godards films, and how he resorted to using one location for multiple takes due to budget restraints.




essentially, i want to create a bleak exaggeration of how individuals feel about there cculitre, about how tiny and unimportant they feel, and how even a tiny act of defiance can make a difference


the inspiration for this film came from "george orwell, 1984" in his book he explains how a couple defies and is broken by the system, i feel like this is a perfectly representaio of the youth of today, how there views and beliefs are bonded as liberal or radical. but with this film i hope to break that image. rather the being a love letter to left wingers and radicals, i want to create a film that accurately represents there fight for relevance, and how submerged they feel within the current social climate. The film we also have nihilistic themes, how nothing this individual does will impact the culture around him, the subject will be a soul voice against a tidal wave of oppression.



the aesthetic of the film will rely on the use of a black and white hue across the entire film, this will be used as an exaggeration of how for many people, life is a binary choice, how there is only good and evil, how there is only good and evil. this will also be represented in the clothing of the subjects within the film, black clothes would be symbolise a given conformity, and public mindset of a culture, and white would be symbolic of free thought and individuality