Response - Methods of Montage – Sergei Eisenstein


Editing can be much more than ending a scene and beginning a new one. More than a transition, the collision of shots could be used to manipulate emotions and audience reaction and interpretations. Like Kuleshov effect that depends on the subsequent scene the audience has a different interpretation. Each one of the 5 montages theory created by Eisenstein, has a different purposes. Metric montage is based purely on the physical nature of time. Rhythmic, creates visual continuity but it may also be used in order to keep with the pace of the film. Tonal use the emotional meaning of the shots. Overtonal is for a more abstract and complicated effect. Intellectual uses a combination of shots from the outside of the film in order to create meaning.

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