The term montage has different meanings. When it is referred it can come in three following contexts, these are French film, Hollywood cinema and Early Soviet film making.
French Montage:The term french montage is just means to edit/assemble.
Hollywood style montage: It highlights all the important bits of a series of shots. Furthermore it condense all clips into a short amount of time.
Soviet Montage: It started in the 1920s. It is basically placing two images side by side. It is used to reveal a hidden meaning.
Lev Kuleshov was one of the famous people to make a soviet montage. He did as an experiment in the 1920s.
Serge Eisenstein used two different scenes and using them to reveal a hidden, deeper meaning.
Three key clips are;
Rocky
Modern Times.
Strike
Rocky is a Hollywood montage. The term "Hollywood montage", is used to condense long clips into a short amount of time. This is a great example of a Hollywood montage because it shows the important bits of the training and shows signs of motivation.
Modern Times is a French montage. The term "French montage", is used to identify the process of editing and it means to assemble.
Strike is a Soviet Montage. The term "Soviet montage", is where film makers started juxtaposing which means placing two contrasting images next to each other. Furthermore it it is used to reveal a hidden meaning.
Serge Eisenstein used two different scenes and using them to reveal a hidden, deeper meaning.
Three key clips are;
Rocky
Modern Times.
Strike
Rocky is a Hollywood montage. The term "Hollywood montage", is used to condense long clips into a short amount of time. This is a great example of a Hollywood montage because it shows the important bits of the training and shows signs of motivation.
Modern Times is a French montage. The term "French montage", is used to identify the process of editing and it means to assemble.
Strike is a Soviet Montage. The term "Soviet montage", is where film makers started juxtaposing which means placing two contrasting images next to each other. Furthermore it it is used to reveal a hidden meaning.
Jake, try to include a bit more detail in your explanations of your examples like Strike and Modern Times. Explain why the film maker has chosen to use that type of montage and what they were trying to subtly tell the audience. Also, you've made a mistake - Modern Times is an example of a Soviet Montage not a French one!
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