Who can help me explain what a montage is?

Generally speaking, montage is an art of editing.

Montage is a transliteration of French montage, which was originally an architectural term, meaning assembly and installation. Film and television theorists extend it to the field of film and television art, which refers to the editing and combination in the process of film and television works creation.

When we describe a theme, we can put a series of related or unrelated shots together to produce a metaphorical effect. This is a montage. For example, when we put together the scenes of mom washing clothes, cooking, taking care of children and even dad reading newspapers, we will feel that mom is very busy.

In fact, montage should not be just a way of editing, because there are other forms that can cause montage effect. In short, it is the word "knowledge" in Chinese. You can sort people and things in different places by editing, so that you feel that they are related. For example, you can shoot a person knocking at the door first, and then bring future generations into the house. In fact, indoor and outdoor scenes may be shot in different places.

What is a montage paragraph? For example, there is a scene where two people face each other, followed by a close-up of one person's face. The audience can know another person's actions through this person's expression, although that person does not appear in the picture. The time presented in the montage is the point strictly chosen by the director. In addition, montage emphasizes the result of one thing, for example, a woman quarrels in a bar, and then a scene shows her dead in the bedroom. The scene emphasizes the ending after the quarrel, and the consideration of the ending exceeds the process of her killing. Montage highlights the shock caused by the result of the event, first letting the audience know the end of death instantly, and then letting the audience see the messy scene in the living room. From knowing to tracing the cause and scene.

It is believed that the essence of the film lies in the composition of the film, and in the interrelation between the shot fragments, so as to organize a series of impressions-how to change from one shot to another, and how they are formed in chronological order. They are convinced that montage editing can create extraordinary effects and realize the narrative and ideographic nature of the film. Give a classic example:

(1) A young man is coming from left to right.

(2) A young woman came from right to left.

They met and shook hands. The young man lit it with his finger.

(4) Large white buildings with wide steps.

(5) Two people walk up the steps.

In the eyes of the audience, this connected segment becomes an uninterrupted action: two young people meet on the road, and the man invites the woman to a nearby house. In fact, each clip was shot in a different place. The scene showing the young man was shot near the state-run department store, the scene of the woman was shot near the Nikolai Gogol Monument, and the scene of shaking hands was shot near the Grand Theatre. The white building was cut from an American movie (the White House), and the scene of walking up the steps was taken in the Church of the Savior. As a result, although these clips were shot in different places, they were regarded as a whole by the audience, thus creating what Kuleshov called "creative geography" on the screen. Here, people's illusion is used to make fragments of different time and space into a whole, and the decomposition and combination function of montage is fully reflected.

I'll give you some clips this time. You can be a director, edit them and see if you understand montage.

(1) You were sent to a mental hospital.

(2) Turn on the radio with one hand and broadcast to FM92.5.

(3) Close-up facial features, happy expression and occasional snickering.

The electronic watch on the desk shows that today is Friday and the time is nine o'clock sharp.

(5) You open the door and enter the house.