French new wave cinema

French New Wave cinema came from the influence in the 1950's and 60's by Italian neorealism and Hollywood cinema at the time. In French New Wave they experimented with different editing techniques narrative and the style the film was shot in.



For example in Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard things like just taking your camera out onto the streets and filming was a revolutionary way of filming. Usually all the films were filmed in studios with sets made for the film and lighting. But this way of filming was brand new and had never been done before.