Methods of Montage

After reading Eisenstein's Methods of Montage, the way different clips run together is really important. There is more than just cutting away to a different scene. Some examples are: Metric Montage, cutting to an exact position to add dramatic effect. Rhythmic Montage: cutting different scenes together according to their continuity. Tonal Montage: cutting around to increase the emotions of a scene and Intellectual Montage: cutting according to a scenes intellectual concept. A montage is more than just a cluster of scenes thrown together. Eisenstein says its more "combining shots that are depictive, single in meaning, neutral in content,into intellectual context and series."

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