So to begin. A sort of manifesto. Or perhaps a statement of my hopes and aspirations.

Forty years ago a young François Truffaut started writing in Cahier du Cinema magazine.

A year earlier Jean Luc Goddard had begun writing for the same magazine.

In these writings were sown the seeds of a film movement that revolutionised filmmaking, the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave.

Their influence can be traced through contemporary movements like New British Cinema through the amazing creative period in American Cinema during the seventies right through to Tarantino (Kill Bill) and films like Fight Club.

Because they were a reaction against a formulaic, studio dominated film industry, which was churning out product.

Sound familiar? And that is the real reason.

Hollywood is too dominant.

Marketing has replaced creativity.

I’m sick of sequels, remakes, comic book movies, bad romantic comedies, effects driven blockbusters and all the other formulaic dross that is currently dominating our cinema screens.

It is lazy, lazy film making, with a quick buck in mind. Obviously there are exceptions, even within these categories.

However, the bottom line is, the bottom line!

Like the Nouvelle Vague invented new ways of editing such as the Jump Cut, perhaps new ways of using effects need to be found.

The Digi Cams may offer the same newfound freedoms that the 16mm camera once provided.

When is the next new wave going to arrive?

My fantasy is that, like surfers waiting for the right wave, or maybe the waves are too big and they are waiting for a brave surfer to take one on, there are many exciting filmmakers waiting for the right wave/surfer.

Its not that people have nothing to say, its just finding the right way to say it.

The conditions are ripe, the big wave is coming, so get your cameras ready and surf.