Narrative and technical conventions:

• Discontinuity editing
• Filming on location
• Jump cuts
• Hand-held camerawork
• Absurd/unscripted dialogue
• Focus on character’s emotions
• No establishing shot or master shot
• Actors breaking the fourth wall
• Crossing the line on purpose (to cause disorientation)

The Left Bank, including directors such as Agnès Varda, Alain Resnais, and Chris Marker, focused on more experimental film making, often making documentaries, as well as identifying with the political left and saw film similar to other arts such as literature. Whereas the right bank, including directors such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Claude Chabrol, were the more financially successful group, associated with “Cahiers du Cinema”, and followed more of the traditions of classic cinema.