BSA106-Blog Research

Summarise the different approaches to montage between the following film makers.

• Sergei Eisentstein

-Metric-Based purely on timing/number of frames
-Rhythmic-Cutting for continuity or by the content/movement within the frame
-Tonal-Includes the tones of shot (lighting/shapes/shadows) The content of the visuals influence the emotional response.
-Over-tonal-Combination of metric, rhythmic and tonal.
-Intellectual-Where the above methods seek to evoke emotional responses, intellectual seeks to express ideas by creating relationships between opposing visual images.

• Dziga Vertov

Montages were cut together to thematic connections or for emotional effects of juxtaposition. His approach to montage and film was to create cinema that captured real life. Use of the Dutch angle and fast cutting, Slow and fast motion. 

• Vsevolod Pudovkin

Linked frames together. Many filmmakers now use his techniques. Editing is an art form, unseen in other art forms. Used juxtaposition to create an relationship between film and audience. Emotional content from seen comes from editing, not so much actor. he used his editing to convey emotions and ideas to pull the psychological strings of his audience. 

His editing techniques were
-Contrast-Cutting between two very different shots together to another to link them to force a view to compare the scenes.
-Parallelism-Connecting two scenes visually. Used to jump from a time period or location 
-Symbolism-Relationship between two scenes.
-Simultaneity-Cross-cutting scenes, going back and forth between films.
-Leit Motif- Recurring musical phrase connected to a place, person or theme,