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Fully explain Eisenstein five theories of montage Montage is an editing technique that can be used in many different ways. The Russian director Sergei Eisenstein had five theories of montage, in which each one uses montage, but in different stylistic and narrative ways. The first montage technique was the Metric montage. This form of editing is where each scene is exactly the same time frame, and has the same number of frames. We put into practice metric montage editing, where each of the shots is precisely one second long. The short sequence equates exactly eight seconds long, and only uses eight different shots. Rhythmic Montage editing is where scenes fitted together have a sense of a natural rhythmic beat, where not all the scenes have the precise same beat. Often the beat is cut to the movement of something happening on the screen, or the composition of the shot itself. This is mainly used to get an emotion linked to the scene over to the spectator. An example of rhythmic montage would be the shower scene in Psycho, where Marion is murdered, there is a rhythm to the stabbing, used to build tension and thrill towards the audience. Tonal Montage editing is where the montage does not appear in the edits, but instead it is to do with the content of the film. There is no rhythm to the cuts, and timing of the edits does not matter to the director. An example of this would be the opening scene from the film Don’t Look Now, the sense of rhythm is absent and the context builds as it progresses. The context of this scene is that whilst their children are playing outside, the parents are inside. We feel something is not right before we know what is happening or has happened. Over Tonal Montage, or Associational Montage editing is a combination of Metric, Rhythmic, and Tonal Montage. It is a less used style of montage editing as it is extremely hard to create. An example of Over Tonal Montage can be found in the film Magnolia, where the characters are all listening to a song on the radio, the camera and editing are made to link all three of the montage

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Fully  explain  Eisenstein  five  theories  of  montage  

Montage  is  an  editing  technique  that  can  be  used  in  many  different  ways.  The  Russian  director  Sergei  Eisenstein  had  five  theories  of  montage,  in  which  each  one  uses  montage,  but  in  different  stylistic  and  narrative  ways.  

The  first  montage  technique  was  the  Metric  montage.  This  form  of  editing  is  where  each  scene  is  exactly  the  same  time  frame,  and  has  the  same  number  of  frames.  We  put  into  practice  metric  montage  editing,  where  each  of  the  shots  is  precisely  one  second  long.  

 

 The  short  sequence  equates  exactly  eight  seconds  long,  and  only  uses  eight  different  shots.  

Rhythmic  Montage  editing  is  where  scenes  fitted  together  have  a  sense  of  a  natural  rhythmic  beat,  where  not  all  the  scenes  have  the  precise  same  beat.  Often  the  beat  is  cut  to  the  movement  of  something  happening  on  the  screen,  or  the  composition  of  the  shot  itself.  This  is  mainly  used  to  get  an  emotion  linked  to  the  scene  over  to  the  spectator.  An  example  of  rhythmic  montage  would  be  the  shower  scene  in  Psycho,  where  Marion  is  murdered,  there  is  a  rhythm  to  the  stabbing,  used  to  build  tension  and  thrill  towards  the  audience.  

Tonal  Montage  editing  is  where  the  montage  does  not  appear  in  the  edits,  but  instead  it  is  to  do  with  the  content  of  the  film.  There  is  no  rhythm  to  the  cuts,  and  timing  of  the  edits  does  not  matter  to  the  director.  An  example  of  this  would  be  the  opening  scene  from  the  film  Don’t  Look  Now,  the  sense  of  rhythm  is  absent  and  the  context  builds  as  it  progresses.  The  context  of  this  scene  is  that  whilst  their  children  are  playing  outside,  the  parents  are  inside.  We  feel  something  is  not  right  before  we  know  what  is  happening  or  has  happened.  

Over  Tonal  Montage,  or  Associational  Montage  editing  is  a  combination  of  Metric,  Rhythmic,  and  Tonal  Montage.  It  is  a  less  used  style  of  montage  editing  as  it  is  extremely  hard  to  create.  An  example  of  Over  Tonal  Montage  can  be  found  in  the  film  Magnolia,  where  the  characters  are  all  listening  to  a  song  on  the  radio,  the  camera  and  editing  are  made  to  link  all  three  of  the  montage  

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styles  together.  It  is  hard  to  create  as  the  three  montage  techniques  themselves  are  very  different  from  one  another.  

Intellectual  Montage  editing  is  where  two  scenes  with  lesser  meaning  are  combined  to  create  a  greater  meaning.  An  Example  of  this  can  be  found  towards  the  end  of  the  film  Apocalypse  Now,  where  Willard  walks  into  the  camp  and  kills  the  Colonel.  Edited  within  this  is  a  scene  of  the  villager  slaughtering  a  cow.  Both  the  sacrificial  cow  and  Colonel  Kurtz  are  connected  through  the  use  of  intellectual  editing,  as  both  are  killed  at  the  same  time.  Kurtz’s  death  and  the  slaughter  of  the  cow  are  both  powerful  scenes  on  their  own,  but  the  linking  of  them  together  makes  the  scene  stand  out  more.