French New Wave - Video Plan & Design Brief

Location

I will shoot my French New Wave video at Liberty Way, Nuneaton. Featuring a Football Ground and surrounding industrial estates it will make a unique setting for my French New Wave video

When

Week commencing 23/11/15

                                                                                                                                       
How

I want my New Wave film to have a unclear narrative, with multiple shots intertwining with one another. I intend to use a large variety of angles, some of which I will take from the French New Wave genre and experiment with. The majority of my camera shots will be inspired by the French New Wave, especially jump cuts which I intend to base my film around; I want the shots to jump sharply to one another. This shot in 'Vivre Sa Vie' is a shot/reverse shot. I'm planning on using this type of shot to introduce my characters.    

I also want to experiment by breaking the 180 degree rule and seeing the effect I can create for the viewer. The 180 degree rule is used to restrict confusion for the viewer, by breaking it, the footage all of a sudden becomes unclear and loses it's sense of direction, making it difficult for the viewer to fully understand; an example of this can be viewed in 'The Shining'

Kit Required 

x 1 Digital SLR

x 1 Tripod

x 1 Standard lens

x 1 2.8mm lens 

Health and Safety / Risk Assessment 

Despite the estate being quiet around the time I plan on filming, recording on the road will always be a risk so we have to ensure that we record in safe places only. When shooting with tripods we will have to make ensure they will not fall over and break anything or hurt anybody. As well as this is important for us to ensure we were not in anybodies personal work space or private property.

Brief

My New Wave film will have an unclear narrative, it will contain a variety of different length shots of which some will connect to each other, others will be purposely out of place. All of my footage will contain natural lighting and diegetic sounds, when shooting outside I will deliberately try to capture the sound of the wind to enhance the realism of my film. I may over certain shots use a non-diegetic track however my plan at the moment is to use music in a diegetic way when recording, again to try and enhance the naturalism of my shot. Large parts of my video will be shot inside a car and I am going to shoot like this as I was inspired by Godard's Breathless in which the opening scene is in the protagonist's car.