Directors seen as the “authors” of film due to the creative control they hold with a distinct or signature style in film making.

Collision of independent shots, creating meaningful associations within the combinations of shots.

Jean Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut

Non- professional actors, shooting on streets, often featuring children

Distortion, depicting emotion, abstractionism, Chiaroscuro lighting, unrealistic sets.

Pather Panchali, Apur Sansar, Aparajito

Academy Awards

Lumiere brothers got the patent for Cinematographe in the year

Kinetoscope