- In France it literally means editing.
- In soviet 1920s it was a method of juxtaposing shots to create a meaning.
- In Hollywood it is a sequence of film which information is presented in fashion.
Hollywood Montage
This is a type of style that became conventional around the classic genre but is still used today. They are a bunch of short of short shots that are condensed together to advance the narrative rather than create a meaning. In most examples music will be playing during the montage to add affect and reinforce the meaning.
Example- Hot Fuzz (2006)
The example I chose is from the 2006 Comedy Hot Fuzz. This is a montage because it allowed time to be shortened and condensed as it showed his whole police training shortened down into two minutes. For example, in the montage we saw the character break records for running an cycling in about 30 seconds but this would of taken months in real time. This is effective because it allows the audience to get a clear back story of the character in a couple of seconds.
Soviet Montage
This is the technique that allows the edit to have symbolic meaning. For example Kuleshov believes that is editing is to be built brick by brick, he believed that montages can create conclusions for the audience. Kuleshov edited short films which allowed the audience to link together like a blank face of a character and a plate of soup. The theory of the Kuleshov experiment is that he was everything he was looking at. The soup referred to hunger, the girl in the coffin referred to grief and the woman on the divan referred to desire. the truth was that the same footage of the idol three times. This worked because the viewers could draw conclusions.
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