tonal editing method – this focuses on the lighting, shadows, and colours of the edited scenes to provide an overall ‘mood’

This example is from ‘Joker’ (Todd Phillips, 2019) because it’s a good example of the tonal editing method. In this scene, Arthur is distressed and this is emphasised by the sombre blue colour from the fridge and outside lighting that echoes throughout his apartment. It creates the effect of the overall sad mood.

the intellectual method – this is making a comparison to something that is unrelated to create effect by combining shots on the basis of a conceptual connection between them. It’s when you edit two shots together to connect them to an intellectual concept.

This example is from ‘Strike’ (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925). This is an example of the intellectual method because these two shots are completely unrelated as one is human one is animal.

metric editing – this is based on the length of a shot and it creates the tempo of the film

This montage in ‘Requiem For A Dream’ (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) https://youtu.be/mkYNhZvlHv0 shows the organised yet chaotic impact of the metric/intellectual montage. Each shot is given nine frames and a distinct sound effect. The montage demonstrates drug taking’s disorientating effect.