1. FILM IB1
New American Cinema

2. Objectives Who: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas
What: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Godfather, Realism, Violence, Home video
Where: USA, previously known for glitz and glamour and celebration of the American Dream – now changing…
When: 1970s, Post Vietnam war
Why: Response to realism and new waves around the world.

3. Outcomes Apply new wave philosophy and realism to the USA.
Learn about the socio-political context of post-Vietnam USA.
Create a Trailer from a New American Cinema Film of your choice.

4. What makes a New Wave a New Wave?
The American New Wave?
TOK Question – How do we know?
What makes a New Wave a New Wave?
Socio-political references
Poverty, or in this case violence
New filmmaking techniques
Realism

5. Socio-Political Context
Read the review of Taxi Driver.
IMDB/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic
Roger Ebert
Empire/Total Film/BFI
Which groups were represented?
How is realism represented?

6. Read the Image
Taxi Driver Image - Travis’s Vietnam coat. The poor setting of the streets.

7. Martin Scorsese One of the most celebrated Auteurs
Scorsese was one of the ‘film brats’ – American filmmakers in the 1970s who had graduated film school.

8. Film Brats
Complete an Auteur profile for one of the following Film Brats.
Robert Altman
Peter Bogdanovich
Ellen Burstyn
Brian De Palma
Shelley Duvall
Monte Hellman
Terrence Malick
Jack Nicholson
Robert Redford
Gena Rowlands
Sissy Spacek
Which Films they made
Where they studied Film
The style they are known for

9. The movement of American Cinema
In the 1960s, Hollywood had previously been churning out tired themes and profit-orientated films.
The auteur was given a chance to shape the film with New American cinema in the early to mid 70s.
Unfortunately it didn’t last and the Age of Blockbuster arrived.

10. Trailer
Creative Piece

11. Editing a trailer Editing a trailer is different to editing a feature.
It is a montage of moments to hook the audience interest
Titles and voiceover are used to explain institutional factors like ‘stars’ and ‘director’ as well as any ‘awards’ it has won.

12. Choice of Films The Godfather Pt1 Rocky Easy Rider Dawn of the Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcist
American Graffiti
The Graduate
Taxi Driver
Bonnie and Clyde
The French Connection
Apocalypse Now
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Deliverance
Chinatown

13. Institutional information
Stars names
Director
Budget
Awards Won
Research this for your chosen film.
Add your inquiry question around these areas.

14. Example: Dawn of the Dead
Director: George Romero
Stars:
Studio:
Budget/Box Office: $900,000 opening weekend. $55 Million worldwide.
Awards: Cannes Film Festival Nominee ‘Golden Screen Award’
Critics/Audience Reception: “Entertainment Weekly #27 of the Top 50 Cult Films” Roger Ebert: “one of the best horror films ever made”. Empire: one of the 500 greatest movies of all time” New York Times: The best 1000 movies ever made” Cinefantasique “a savage attach on the foibles of modern society”
Other: X rated in US. Banned in Australia

15. iMovie 11
How to set up

16. Setting up the timeline
iMovie 11 has a more simplistic setup than I movie 10.