{"id":61106,"date":"2015-08-14T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=61106"},"modified":"2022-08-12T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:58:38","slug":"making-modern-movie-montage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/making-modern-movie-montage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Making of the Modern Movie Montage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From suspense to sports to comedy, many films rely on montages to progress their story. Here’s a look at the evolution of montages.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cover image from Rocky<\/a> via United Artists<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montages in film today are an evolution of the Soviet Montage Theory<\/a><\/strong> of editing. The two are not directly related, but they build upon the same principle; a series of images of no particular order make a film. Where the theory of montage says that editing makes a film, today’s montage is just a series of quick shots that condense time and story<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the 1930s to 1950s, montages<\/strong> were usually used to symbolize transportation across long distances or the change in times through news reels. Don Siegel<\/a>, the famed director of films like Dirty Harry<\/a><\/em>, actually got his start editing montages for Warner Bros. He edited montages<\/strong> for over 20 films, including the legendary Casablanca<\/em><\/a>. In this title sequence, the audience is transported across the globe in the iconic superimposed look of film footage over a map. The same technique is still used today.<\/strong> It’s a staple of the Indiana Jones<\/em> films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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