Einstein developed what he called the "methods of montage":
- Metric
- Rhythmic
- Tonal
- Over tonal
- Intellectual
Metric
- Editing follows a specific number of frames regardless of what happens to the image
- Suitable for simple match-time montages, works best for basic relationships between images e.g chaos vs shooting
- Used to elicit the most basal and emotional of reactions in the audience.
Rhythmic
- Good for portraying opposing forces
- incorporates more content than metric but still fairly regimented
Tonal (see video on the right)
- Uses the emotional meaning of shots
- Elicits more complex reactions and emotions from the audience
Over-tonal
- Cumulates metric, rhythmic and tonal montage to create an abstract, symbolic effect.
- Establishment of tone
- Connection of ideas
Intellectual
- synthesizes shots to elicit an intellectual meaning
- not just using literal meaning of shots; introduces ideas into the edit
- conflicts juxtaposition of intellectual effects
- Imagery, symbolism, film metaphors (e.g making a direct link between cossacks vs peasants and butchers vs cows)
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