1) Find two images for French impressionist paintings.
Give brief caption with name, artist, date. Explain briefly the important characteristics of French Impressionism.
The French impressions have to do with the light reflections, also with the art movement, that can be seen in Monet´s painting. Also the human interception of what they see in the picture and unusual visual angles.
2) Three outside factors that influenced the rise of French Impressionist cinema?
Explain in your own words.
When WW1 had finished, there was an economic decrease in almost all over the world, because of the war, so the French impressionists in cinema had to be more successful in their job, and had to come up with lots of new ideas. For recovering economically.
Other factor was the improve in modern cinema, which was very powerful in Europe, because this brought lots of new ideas and techniques in filming and also in styles and editing for that time.
3) Describe three or more important technical aspects of French Impressionist Cinema (i.e. use of camera, editing, sets, lighting, narrative, etc.)
The angles where more varied, as for example: Low angle shot, and High angle shot. The Low one, gives power to the character and the High one, makes him look weak.
Editing was also used very much for making flashbacks or shadows in some occasions.
4) Find information on two important film directors in French Impressionist Cinema from 1918-1929: name, photo, major films, interests or concerns shown in films.
| Born | 25 October 1889 Paris, France |
| Died | 10 November 1981 (aged 92) Paris, France |
| Jean Renoir | |
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| Born | 15 September 1894 Paris, France |
| Died | |
| Occupation | Actor, director, screenwriter, producer, author |
| Years active | 1924–1978 |
| Spouse | Catherine Hessling (1920–1930) Dido Freire (1944–1979) |
Grand Illusion was one of his greatest films.
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