The French New Wave is a movement that decided to forgo traditional filming conventions in favour of experimenting with the medium in a way that mean that even some of the most ingrained ideas to cinema were flipped on their heads. Concepts from shooting on location instead of a sound stage or turning away from the camera to leaving in outtakes or breaking the 4th wall were utilised by many filmmakers during this period.

Left Bank – radical, artistic, experimental

Right Bank – established, financially stable, Cahiers du cinéma