Montage

Montage

Montage - French 'Putting together'.

Montages were first used to gain audience reactions, Sergei Einstein used several shots put together to evoke emotions.
There are several methods to montage:

1. Metric
2. Rhythmic
3. Tonal
4. Overtonal
5. Intellectual

• Metric:

Montage editing is taking shots of an event or a time period and placing them together to make what would seem like a long time, pass quite quickly. These shots may or may not be related, but by then end of the edit they will all merge together.

The Muppets montage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLkz3ibYVxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rWsAPnrhtc

• Rhythmic:

Rhythmic montages usually change shots in time with the music that is played along with it. This could speed up or slow down to go with the beat.

Flight of the conchords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tr6CXpxFDk

• Tonal:

Tonal montage consists of the images and the music matching in tone. If the shot is a comedy then it should be accompanied with light and whimsical tones.

Various:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sTjuNK-3cY

• Overtonal:

Overtonal montage is a mix between the previous montage methods, using abstract. By doing this it will have audience emotions running high along with the scene.

Hitchcock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLog1ge8dM

• Intellectual:

Intellectual montage is a process of short shots to show an idea or action.

Apocalypse now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZnlmwwo2I