Term: Montage

Taken from the French word monter, meaning “to assemble,” this process of editing was developed in the theories and films of the Soviet directors Pudovkin, Eisenstein, and Vertov. At the core of montage was the idea that a single shot has meaning only in relation to another shot.

Odessa Steps (1:52)

Film:
The Battleship Potemkin, 1925
Director:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Source:
1976 Sovexport Film
Audio commentary by:
Richard Peña
This clip appears in:
- Editing
- Montage
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Life on the Go (1:35)

Film:
The Man With the Movie Camera, 1929
Director:
Dziga Vertov
Source:
1996 Image Entertainment
This clip appears in:
- Camera Movement
- Montage