Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow French New Wave: Hold long takes without reverses, walk the actors through the street
- Type
- Set in French New Wave's manner (Mix handwriting with off-the-shelf type, drop titles casually at the edge), and let New Wave's lettering (Mix condensed, geometric and vertical setting) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in French New Wave's material (Fast stock in available light, jump cuts that show the seam); bring in exactly one thing from New Wave (Yellow, red, blue, dots, thin rules).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #f1dfca, #f03d51, #3156af.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- French New Wave Scattering jump cuts and handheld moves as style leaves only the pleasure of breaking rules, and the film stops being about anything.
- New Wave Don't multiply small decorations. Choose one starring deviation.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from French New Wave (Style, 1958–1968) and its accent from New Wave (Style, 1970s–1980s). Structural cues: Handheld camera; Jump cuts; Street locations; Cinema about cinema. Accent cues, used sparingly: Irregular grid; Dots; High chroma; Rotated type. Composition: Hold long takes without reverses, walk the actors through the street. Type and lettering: Mix handwriting with off-the-shelf type, drop titles casually at the edge. Let one material quality come from the second style: Yellow, red, blue, dots, thin rules. Mood: Rebellion, Play, Intimacy, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #f1dfca, #f03d51, #3156af. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- French New Wave 1958–1968 / Style / Cinematic Visual Styles
Critics picked up cameras and went out into the street, using handheld shots, jump cuts and self-reference to turn the grammar of film into a playground.
- New Wave 1970s–1980s / Style / Counterculture
Keeps punk's freedom while re-editing color and grid with urban polish.
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