![]() This type of montage is used to create a suspense and tension which is usually fast paced and has abrupt cuts that doesn’t have continuity but makes sense of the complete length of the shot. It is a simple montage style where the long scenes are shortened to a length called as ‘absolute length’ of the shots without affecting the essence of the original story or its emotion. Sergei Eisenstein categorized montage into five different types Eisenstein believed that more the conflicting the shots are the more it is intellectual leaving its audience in shock which also stirs their inner emotions. ‘Montage’ means bringing the conflicting images/shots together that gives a unique contrast leaving a shock and anticipation for the audience. This effect can be better explained with an example from Kuleshov experiment where he juxtaposes shots from several films and edit it into a sequence that narrates its own story.Įisenstein who was also making his own experiments exceeded “Kuleshov Effect” giving out montage which is also called “Soviet Montage”. This effect is called as “Kuleshov Effect” which was the initial stage of evolution of montage. The primary principle of the montage style was invented by Lev Kuleshov in 1918 is bringing the shots that do not have any relation but makes a connection by what comes before and after the shot. The war and the restriction brought a change in the Soviet Cinematic style. With a strict control by the Government on film making and import of films it was in 1924, Sergei Eisenstein and Lev Kuleshov with other major directors like Diziga Vertov formed a group called “Association of Revolutionary Cinema” (ARC) which eventually broke up but with the aftermath of the revolution, it brought forward a style called Montage that made the world pay attention to their cinema. Soviet Cinema came to being from its painful post war experience.
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