WORLD WAR I
Only 2 studios left (Pathe and Leon Gaumont)
French cinema market - France, Belgium, Switzerland and French colonies
Hollywood cinema invaded
FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM (1919-1929)
French couldn't compete with Hollywood films
Photogenic, concerned with the unique quality
Focused on framing and optical effects instead of narrative storytelling
TECHNIQUES
One image over another
The use of blurred and distorted images were used
Subliminal cuts
DIRECTORS OF IMPRESSIONIST FILMS
Abel Gance
Marcel L 'Herbies
Germaine Dulac
Gran Epstein
1929- sound came to cinema and films became expensive
Here is an example of Impressionist film
(just click the link)
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