What is a Montage?
For your WDIM final product you will be creating a montage. Many different ways to describe a montage are listed below, as well as the criteria for your IT montage.
Remember, these are only a few ideas of what a montage can be. Search for some more to further develop your own, and your group's, understanding of the potential of a "montage"!
Remember, these are only a few ideas of what a montage can be. Search for some more to further develop your own, and your group's, understanding of the potential of a "montage"!
- The word is French but was adopted by Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s. Sergei Eisenstein called montage “the nerve of cinema.” His theory was that images in a film sequence are not perceived as being next to each other but as being on top of each other—the whole of a sequence has a greater effect than the sum of its shots.
- Eisenstein believed that film montage could create ideas or have an impact beyond the individual images. Two or more images edited together create a "tertium quid" (third thing) that makes the whole greater than the sum of its individual parts.
http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/pages/montage/montage-1.html
- The aesthetic concept of montage finds its origins in film and film theory. Montage, as understood by Sergei Eisenstein, is not only a mechanical linking at random, a “sticking together” of pictures from scenes and shots. The basis of montage is dramatic and dialectical; among the elements of the montage chain there are contradictory relationships, and from these new meanings develop what the separate elements do not contain. “Any two pieces, put side by side, are inevitably linked together and form a new idea, which arises from this comparison as a new quality.” The inception of new meanings through a mere connection of parts arises from the perception of a montage of parts as one unit, even though the connection was only arbitrary.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6125372
http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/pages/montage/montage-1.html
- The aesthetic concept of montage finds its origins in film and film theory. Montage, as understood by Sergei Eisenstein, is not only a mechanical linking at random, a “sticking together” of pictures from scenes and shots. The basis of montage is dramatic and dialectical; among the elements of the montage chain there are contradictory relationships, and from these new meanings develop what the separate elements do not contain. “Any two pieces, put side by side, are inevitably linked together and form a new idea, which arises from this comparison as a new quality.” The inception of new meanings through a mere connection of parts arises from the perception of a montage of parts as one unit, even though the connection was only arbitrary.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6125372
- The great formula of montage: 1 + 1 > 2
http://mediaelectron.blogspot.com/2008/10/introduction-to-montage.html
- In Montage an event is condensed into key developmental elements and put in a cause effect sequence. The main event is implied rather than shown. It requires the viewers to apply psychological closure to fill in gaps so than they feel more involved in the scene, the viewer becomes a participant.
http://mediaelectron.blogspot.com/2008/10/introduction-to-montage.html
- In Montage an event is condensed into key developmental elements and put in a cause effect sequence. The main event is implied rather than shown. It requires the viewers to apply psychological closure to fill in gaps so than they feel more involved in the scene, the viewer becomes a participant.
- Montage is a combination of images taken from any number of media (photographs, film, and handmade). These images can be whole or partial, glued together on a surface (such as a photomontage), or edited together to produce a video or film. Think of those film clips edited together that the annual Academy Awards (a.k.a. the Oscars) ceremony loves to show in order to stir up our emotions - especially the images of those who passed away over that past year.
http://arthistory.about.com/od/glossary_m/a/m_montage.htm
- A collage is a composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface; a montage is a single composition created by juxtaposing a series of pieces of paper, photos or other media to create an artistic image. The term collage can refer to both the technique and the resulting piece of art that is produced by combining different media. A montage is created using a variety of techniques across different media and can include three-dimensional objects.
http://arthistory.about.com/od/glossary_m/a/m_montage.htm
- A collage is a composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface; a montage is a single composition created by juxtaposing a series of pieces of paper, photos or other media to create an artistic image. The term collage can refer to both the technique and the resulting piece of art that is produced by combining different media. A montage is created using a variety of techniques across different media and can include three-dimensional objects.
- Montage can be used to create any number of effects. The juxtaposition of images can be used to create conflict or establish rhythm or indicate the passage of time. Montage condenses action and creates meaning. A poor baby cries from hunger—cut—a king sits down to a sumptuous meal: the filmmaker has made a point.
http://minaday.com/movies/2010/02/02/montage/1282
- mon·tage
noun \män-ˈtäzh, mōⁿ(n)-\
: a work of art that is made up of several different kinds of things (such as strips of newspaper, pictures, or pieces of wood)
: a mixture of different things
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/montage
http://minaday.com/movies/2010/02/02/montage/1282
- mon·tage
noun \män-ˈtäzh, mōⁿ(n)-\
: a work of art that is made up of several different kinds of things (such as strips of newspaper, pictures, or pieces of wood)
: a mixture of different things
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/montage
Criteria for IT Montage
- Clearly convey your thesis (or main argument) to an outside audience
- Successfully defend your thesis with key research findings
- Develop an original piece (something we’ve never seen before)
- Successfully defend your thesis with key research findings
- Develop an original piece (something we’ve never seen before)