The French New Wave of the 1960s abandoned traditional narrative techniques in favor of symbolism and abstraction. Directors like Jean Luc Godard and François Truffaut dealt with themes of social alienation, psychopathology, and sexual love. In the 1950s, French film critics formed the influential journal Cahiers du Cinema, which rejected classical studio filmmaking in favor of techniques like location shooting, natural lighting, improvised dialogue, and long takes that placed emphasis on the scene over editing.

1. A movement in French cinema in the 1960s, led by directors such as Jean Luc Godard and François Truffaut, that abandoned traditional narrative techniques in favour of greater use of symbolism and abstraction and dealt with themes of social alienation, psychopathology, and sexual love. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/new+wave

2. Jump cuts: a non-naturalistic edit, usually a section of a continuous shot that is removed unexpectedly, illogically

3. Shooting on location