Soviet Montage: Grammar & Syntax of a Language

State Institute of Cinematography | 1919

focused not on making cuts invisible, but on creating meaningful associations within the combinations of shots.

The Kuleshov Effect

Discontinuity Editing

Metric Montage- cutting at exact measurements, regardless of the nature of the shot

Rhythmic Montage - cutting at the pace of the shots.

Tonal Montage – editing follows the emotional tone of the piece.

Overtonal Montage – the combination of the above.

Intellectual Montage - shot’s relationship to an intellectual concept.

Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Dir. Dziga Vertov