American New Wave Research

New Hollywood (New Wave), sometimes referred to as the "American New Wave", refers to a period in American film history from the mid-to-late 1960s (Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate) to the early 1980s (Heaven's Gate, One from the Heart) when a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in United States, influencing the types of films produced

 These two paragraphs from a blog post (A History of American New Wave Cinema) will be useful to me when I'm writing my essay on the American New Wave Cinema from 1967-1969. Within these two paragraphs there's information that can be used to draw from when writing about the revolution in cinema started by American New Wave.

1950s and 60s New York provided the crucible for a loose assortment of filmmakers who between them helped give birth to modern independent American cinema.
sharing some characteristics and values og the French New Wave, although it was not directly influenced by it.

 Also from the same blog post the first paragraph goes into some detail about the audiences and the themes behind the films. The second is more about the filmmakers and the films themselves.

A list of all the films made between 1966-1982 that fit into the genre of New Wave, including Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, and Taxi Driver.

New Wave Characteristics:

Mise-en-scene of shot focuses on realism of character

• not many effects used
• natural light is used to look more realistic

parallel editing
continuity editing