™Film editing is a style of
assembling audio and visual materials, it evolved from the
process of physically cutting and taping together pieces of
film. Its the one process that
is unique to film and the editing process has often had an transformative
effect on a film
™The very earliest filmmakers were
afraid to edit film shots together because they assumed that splicing together
different shots of different things from different positions would simply
confuse audiences,™Filmmakers quickly discovered
that editing shots into a sequence not only contributed to the audience's sense
of tale, but also enabled them to tell more complex stories as a result.
What is montage
™A montage sequence consists of a
series of short shots that are edited into a sequence to condense narrative, ™It is usually used to advance the
story as a whole (often to suggest the passage of time), rather than to create
symbolic meaning, ™In many cases, a song plays in
the background to enhance the mood or reinforce the message being conveyed. ™The
idea of putting together shots to forward theme as well as action one way of
seeing montage was made regular practice by Griffith and the Russian
filmmakers.
