French Impressionism

French Impressionism coexisted with Surrealism - Two new film styles that dominated the French Cinema market, which are; France, Belgium, Switzerland, and French colonies.

For these Young French directors; Abel Gance, Louis Delluc, Germaine Dulac, Marcel L'Herbier, and Jean Epstein, Cinema was art and that Films should be the artist's outlet of feelings. 

This best explains why do Impressionist Films are more about inner drama and psychology. Instead of just narrating, they use different editing techniques to trigger the emotion. 

Notice its images. It may seem to have a low quality but Impressionist Films are made to have blurry images. The transition also seem to be overlapping. For example, the focus was on the guy riding a bicycle, then it slowly fades to another scene. 

Another example is the "eye" scene. There are short cuts between the woman and the clouds passing the moon. And as the clouds touched the moon, the knife also touched the eye. these short cuts created tension among the audience. 

Notice also some of the "shaky" scenes. This is because during this movement's time, Handheld cameras were developed.