Post 11 - Script Influences

Dogme 95

Dogme used strict guidelines and rules when film-making. Some of the goals are that the film must not contain any superficial action such as murders and weapons. Dogme believes that by refusing expensice and spectacular special effects  and concentrating more on the characters performance creates a more effective film.

French New Wave


The French New Wave were a group of French film makers influenced by Italian neorealism (national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class filmed on location and usually using unprofessional actors/actresses). They also use a very clever approach which is dropping sounds in and out throughout the film to create a sense of tension and so that the audience will question themselves about the film and drawing the audience's attention to the characters expressions.

Italian Neoralism:


We have been influenced by Italian Neorealism due to the characteristics used in this approach, one of them being the real life social realism that happens in society and the other characteristic is when instead of using extras, just use the characters who had happened to be in that scene even if they weren't suppose to be there, this creates a sense of realism.