Montage Summary

Montage editing is film editing that is not necessarily in chronological order or in the same setting. It is film that transcends time to convey a new meaning and make film a unique language. Different visuals mixed around can draw different emotions and feelings from the audience, and that is the main goal of montage, in my eyes--to create feeling. Directors use different methods of montage like over-tonal montage, which includes the cutting of the shots or tempo, the rhythm of the action in a shot, and the tone of the shot, all of which create a new mood to the scene overall. There is also ideological montage, concerning the ideas in the shot rather than just the visual, and putting those ideas with opposing ideas to create something new.In other words, a thesis collides with an anti-thesis to create a synthesis. My clip from the pixar film "Up" uses montage in a more chronological way to show the course of the main character's life, and ultimately to explain why he lives the way he does in the rest of the movie. He is vey bitter, and this montage scene explains why with no dialogue needed. It also makes the explanation of his life much more artistic with the tempo of the music and the shots changing from a fast to a slow pace, and the rhythm of the action in each shot going from very energetic to much more calm and then even melancholy. This use of montage draws a sad reaction from the audience, and leaves them feeling sympathetic towards the character.