Week 13: One‑Minute Film Post-Production

Group Post-Production

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Screening

Breathless, by Jean Luc Godard (1960)

“The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life. Unlike painting and literature, the cinema both gives to life and takes from it, and I try to render this concept in my films.” - Godard

The Impact of Breathless

• Editing: jump cuts, breaking seamless continuity, creating an energetic rhythm
• Narrative & Style: spontaneity with handheld camerawork, natural lighting, real Paris locations, and naturalistic performances, no scipt creating a documentary-like immediacy.
• Storytelling: departure from classical narrative structure, exploring love, identity, and mortality – existential, unpolished.
• Influence on Filmmakers: anti-establishment, low-budget approach inspired the American New Wave (Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, and Brian De Palma) and influenced directors such as Quentin Tarantino.

The French New Wave

• Auteur-driven, low-budget filmmaking that challenged studio conventions.
• Highlighted cinema’s constructed nature, encouraging critical viewing and formal experimentation.
• Blended bold stylistic innovation with emotional and philosophical depth.
• Emphasized personal vision, location shooting, natural light, and improvisation.
• Redefined editing and narrative structure, making discontinuity a creative tool.