Soviet Montage

ソビエト・モンタージュ / 1924–1930s / Technique / Cinematic Visual Styles

An editing theory that generates meaning from the collision of opposing shots — meaning lives not in the image but between images.

Colliding shots / Rhythmic cutting / Crowds against details / Inserted symbols

Soviet Montage — 『戦艦ポチョムキン』オデッサの階段 1925Soviet Montage — 『戦艦ポチョムキン』よりSoviet Montage — 『戦艦ポチョムキン』オデッサの階段
『戦艦ポチョムキン』オデッサの階段 1925 ／ 『戦艦ポチョムキン』より ／ 『戦艦ポチョムキン』オデッサの階段

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Sergei Eisenstein / the Kuleshov effect / Dziga Vertov, Man with a Movie Camera

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Source: Britannica — Battleship Potemkin

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