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Montage editing Eisensein – Soviet Montage Intellectual Montage 1924 Strike & 1925 Battleship Potemkin Logical montage outside of Hollywood system Kuleshov > Kuleshov experiment repeated images it’s context – juxtapositioning that helps audience create narrative. Kuleshov edited together a short film in which a shot of the expressionless face of Tsarist matinee idol Ivan Mosjoukine was alternated with various other shots (a plate of soup, a girl, a little girl's coffin). The film was shown to an audience who believed that the expression on Mosjoukine's face was different each time he appeared, depending on whether he was "looking at" the plate of soup, the girl, or the coffin, showing an expression of hunger, desire or grief respectively. Actually the footage of Mosjoukine was the same shot repeated over and over again. had nothing had to find something on convey the political ideas and order and that’s why its conveyed in a different way. 1960 Psycho Hitchcock Shower sequence suggesting not seeing used to get around censor and to intensify the screen action makes the audience uneasy as you feel unsure what you’ll see next 1991 Oliver stone ‘JFK’ – condensing story time – creating sense of threat JFK montage used a a device for condensing story time into short amount of screen time Shot duration political events Speech from his predecessor Home video of personal life and family Hysterical woman – different plot space* JFK looking relaxed Shots of digital shock Shots of crowd and surroundings * time running out impending doom – intellectually suggest ideas to prompt connections 1985 Rocky IV Training montage – condensing story time to shorten screen time 2 plot spaces – 2 training narratives conflict

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Montage  editing    Eisensein  –  Soviet  Montage  -­‐  Intellectual  Montage    1924  Strike  &  1925  Battleship  Potemkin    

è Logical  montage  è outside  of  Hollywood  system  è Kuleshov  -­‐>  Kuleshov  experiment  repeated  images  it’s  context  –  

juxtapositioning  that  helps  audience  create  narrative.  è Kuleshov  edited  together  a  short  film  in  which  a  shot  of  the  

expressionless  face  of  Tsarist  matinee  idol  Ivan  Mosjoukine  was  alternated  with  various  other  shots  (a  plate  of  soup,  a  girl,  a  little  girl's  coffin).  The  film  was  shown  to  an  audience  who  believed  that  the  expression  on  Mosjoukine's  face  was  different  each  time  he  appeared,  depending  on  whether  he  was  "looking  at"  the  plate  of  soup,  the  girl,  or  the  coffin,  showing  an  expression  of  hunger,  desire  or  grief  respectively.  Actually  the  footage  of  Mosjoukine  was  the  same  shot  repeated  over  and  over  again.  

è had  nothing  had  to  find  something  on  convey  the  political  ideas  and  order  and  that’s  why  its  conveyed  in  a  different  way.    

   1960  Psycho    Hitchcock  Shower  sequence  -­‐  suggesting  not  seeing    

è used  to  get  around  censor  and  to  intensify  the  screen  action  è makes  the  audience  uneasy  as  you  feel  unsure  what  you’ll  see  next    

 1991  Oliver  stone  ‘JFK’  –  condensing  story  time  –  creating  sense  of  threat    

è JFK    montage  used  a  a  device  for  condensing  story  time  into  short  amount  of  screen  time  

è Shot  duration  political  events  è Speech  from  his  predecessor    è Home  video  of  personal  life  and  family    è Hysterical  woman  –  different  plot  space*  è JFK  looking  relaxed  è Shots  of  digital  shock  è Shots  of  crowd  and  surroundings  

 *  time  running  out  impending  doom  –  intellectually  suggest  ideas  to  prompt  connections      1985  Rocky  IV  Training  montage  –  condensing  story  time  to  shorten  screen  time    

è 2  plot  spaces  –  2  training  narratives  conflict  

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è Condensing  story  time  so  it  takes  up  less  screen  time  –  combined  with  continuity  techniques  -­‐>  graphic  matches  

   2002  Bowling  for  Columbine  –  contemporary  intellectual  montage    

è High  lighting  gun  culture  and  aggressive  foreign  policy  in  the  US  by  using  montage  

è Hollywood  montage  however  is  mainly  used  to  progress  time  in  the  product.    

   Hip  Hop  montage  –  unintellectual    

è Taking  of  a  drug  (used  in  films  to  get  around  the  censor)  or  doing  of  a  dance  and  its  cut  up  into  pieces.  

è Jazzing  up  a  single  action  è Not  illustrating  conflict  

 Hollywood  took  montage  –  intellectual  form  and  trashed  it  by  making  it  adaptable  to  different  form  that  weren’t  as  clever  or  as  intellectual.