- Rhythmic Montage: Baby Driver Edgar Wright (2017)
Edgar Wright is one of the top directors in using rhythmic montage editing techniques. He frequently edits to the beat of the music and uses songs to help develop tension and even comedy from those moments. This is used specifically in Baby Driver in the opening of the film.
2. Over-tonal Montage: The Godfather Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
This montage links religion and murder – aspects of the mafia that are explored throughout The Godfather series. Whilst Michael renounces sin, others carry out his sinful work, this creates the juxtaposition while condensing and combining a number of dramatic moments to create one climax.
3. Tonal Montage: The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu (2015)
Shots with a similar theme or emotional tone edited together, such as the character’s steamy breath cuts to a foggy sky and then to smoke from a pipe.
