What does montage mean?

All three of the above are correct. Specifically, montage is a means of editing movies, including flashback/contrast/parallel/quick cut/slow turn/white field/black field/split screen/nested screen/moving screen/fade in and out/language montage/music montage/parallel montage/cross montage/and various nonlinear editing means. Due to the development of production technology and equipment, the application of montage in TV series is becoming more and more mature, which can rival the level of montage in movies, and the audience's understanding and appreciation of montage technology/art level is getting higher and higher, which puts forward higher requirements for the development of movies.

What is the definition of montage?

Montage refers to the organic combination of audio-visual modeling elements, ideographic elements and linking elements that constitute an artistic system, thus forming the sum total of expression means, thinking methods and operation skills with certain artistic functions.

The concept of montage includes three aspects: 1, and montage is a unique way of thinking (that is, montage thinking) in images that reflect reality. 2. Montage is the basic structural means and narrative way of art 3. Montage is a specific editing, production and expression method and skill. The combination of audio-visual modeling elements, ideographic elements and link elements in montage system follows certain logical and artistic laws, including the combination law between elements and the overall combination law. The combination rules between elements are symmetry and proportion, symmetry and balance, repetition and rhythm, suggestion and echo, etc. The general combination law mainly includes: the unity, harmony and diversity of appearance and theme.

Generalized montage is a concept opposite to narrow montage. Narrow montage refers to the art of collocation, editing and combination between visual elements such as pictures, shots and lens series and sound elements such as sound, music and discourse in film and television, and its core is the ingenious combination of pictures. The generalized montage is not limited to the audio-visual combination in film and television, but expands with the increase of artistic types, structures and functions, the development of science and technology and the deepening of people's understanding.

What is a montage?

It talks too much. Too much trouble.

On the second floor, they said only editing, not montage.

Gong said something briefly. This is an experiment of Xiao or love.

For example, there is a shot of a man without any expression.

In front of this photo, add

A. Dead people B. Beautiful women

This constitutes fragments a and B.

When it plays, the audience will think

There is a look of fear on a man's face.

In B, the man has a happy expression on his face.

In fact, that face is expressionless.

The montage worked.

Got it! ! This is the simplest montage ~

There are also complicated parallel montages and so on. You can check for yourself.

What does montage mean in movies?

In a broad sense, montage is editing, that is, editing some shots into a movie. Bela balazz1886-1952, a world-famous film theorist, gave a more specific explanation of montage. He said: "Montage is to connect the shots (shots or clips) taken by the director in a certain order, and then synthesize these continuous shots to produce the effect of the director's intention. This creative process can be put in other words, that is, montage (editing) these shooting clips without sequence and intention, so that they can be connected under the director's intention to produce a systematic effect. 」