Concept

Montage

mon-TAHZH
Film Technique

Meaning made by cutting: the principle, developed by the Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s from Kuleshov's experiments and theorized above all by Eisenstein, that two shots in collision produce an idea neither contains alone. In everyday film language the word also names the compressed sequence that covers time in a burst of images.

Facts
Concept Domain
Film technique 1
Formulated Year
1923 1
Eisenstein's Montage of Attractions essay appeared in 1923; the Kuleshov effect experiments date from around 1918 to 1921.
Domain
Domain (category)
Film 1
Connections

Associated With

Dziga Vertov, Figures
Jump Cut, Concepts
Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook

Developed By

Soviet montage theory is credited to Eisenstein among other Soviet filmmakers; Kuleshov and Vertov are competing claimants not yet in this atlas as figures

Source Montage (filmmaking) - Wikipedia

In Medium

Film, Media Forms
Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook
Sources
1. A History of Narrative Film
David A. Cook, W. W. Norton, 2016
  • Domain (category): Film
  • Concept Domain: Film technique
  • Formulated Year: 1923
Montage (filmmaking) - Wikipedia
Developed By: Sergei Eisenstein, Lead, third paragraph
Quote, Developed By: Sergei Eisenstein, Lead, third paragraph
In Soviet montage theory, as originally introduced outside the USSR by Sergei Eisenstein, it was used to create symbolism.
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