What exactly does montage mean?

Montage (French: montage) is a transliteration loan word, originally an architectural term, meaning combination and assembly. Commonly used in three artistic fields, it can be interpreted as an intentional manual collage and editing technique in time and space. It first extended to film art, and later it was widely used in derivative fields such as visual art, including interior design and artistic coatings.

Montage generally includes two aspects: picture editing and picture synthesis. Picture synthesis: a unified picture work made up of many pictures or patterns juxtaposed or superimposed. When different lenses are spliced together, they often have special meanings that each lens does not have when it exists alone.

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The main functions of montage are:

1, through the cutting and combination of shots, scenes and paragraphs, the material is selected and accepted, so that the performance content is clear and clear, and it is highly summarized and concentrated.

2. Guide the audience's attention and stimulate the audience's association. Although each shot only shows a certain content, a certain shot sequence can standardize and guide the audience's emotions and psychology and inspire the audience to think.

3. Create a unique film and television time and space. Every shot is a record of real time and space. After editing, the time and space are reconstructed to form a unique film and television time and space.

By means of montage, the narrative of the film has gained great freedom in the use of time and space. A skill can jump from Paris to new york in space or span decades in time.

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