Other forms: montages
A montage is a sequence of short shots cut together to compress time. A training montage, a montage of clips, cut a montage.
It shows weeks in ninety seconds, which is why the training montage became a film cliche. Soviet directors of the 1920s developed the theory behind it: two shots side by side make a meaning that neither carries alone.
1nounmontageA sequence of short shots cut together to compress time.
“The film shows her growing up in a quick montage of birthdays and school days.”
montage is a film technique.
French
montage — assembly, set-up
English, today
montage
French montage (“assembly, set-up”).
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