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My film genre was American New Wave, which is a very interesting genre of film. Its application to the final film that we are working on can take form in many different ways. On the surface American New Wave cinema is very much about the late 1960’s cultural movements however it still resonates with filmmakers today due to its film formalism. One aspect of American New Wave that can be introduced to our film and that we will definitely be doing is location shooting. Before the 60’s New wave movement in film, films were generally shot on a sound stage, built for the set of the movie. Films such as the Graduate are a good example of location shooting. I can use this aspect of American New Wave because we do not have the resources or the time to build an entire sound stage and create a set for our film.

Another aspect of American New Wave cinema that can help our film is the type of music that they use. Now we may or may not use this example however knowing how it effects the tone of previous films helps in our decision making. American New Wave films are notable for their use of folk and current music, instead of classical pieces composed by a composer. This is important to the tone of the film because the time period in which the music was made can set the setting, the type of music, rock, folk, pop, can set the mood for a shot.  Finally the third aspect of American New Wave cinema that can be applied to my film is the entire aspect of American New Wave. During this movement, many large production companies had big films that flopped, so they stopped making big blockbusters and started supporting small independent projects. Our entire film is a small independent project.