rhythmic montage: First Girlfriend tydus music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auDZa5YAq-Y

metric editing: Whiplash (2014)

tonal editing: UP (2009) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yjAFMNkCDo

the opening of up uses tonal editing to show an emotional journey the main character goes through

Rhythmic Montage: A good example of a rhythmic montage scene is in the film Scarface (1983) with the montage that shows the characters making money. It uses the song Push it to the Limit and there is cuts that happen on the beat.

Tonal Editing Method: Rocky IV’s montage scene features the style of Metric Editing and creates the tempo of the scene. There is a large contrast between Rocky and Ivan’s training and we see this through the lighting and colour scheme of the areas they train in.

metric montage : The opening scene to hot fuzz (2007) creates the tempo of the film.

Name at least 3 other films identified by critics as classic Constructivist films

Strike (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)

Kino-Eye (Dziga Vertov, 1924)

The Tailor from Torzhok (Yakov Protazanov, 1925)

Metric editing- this has metric editing because the clips are all the same length, it is a conversation but all of the clips last 4 seconds and they all stay that length through the whole conversation.

rhythmic montage- this is a rhythmic montage because they robbed a bank then the next clip was them eating lunch at a diner.

tonal editing method- this has tonal editing because the red mood lighting was because he was doing injections then it cuts to a dull drained out light to show he’s having a come down from his hit.

1. Metric edititng – edits together different shots by following to an exact measurement or number of frames.

2. Rhythmic montage – cut the clips based on the action or image (eg. matching images or actions) https://youtu.be/Prbgt6l-2BY

3. Tonal editing method – It’s defined by how it edits based on the emotional meanings—or tone—of each shot. Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, 2014)

The term, montage, was coined for cinema in the 1920s by Sergei Eisenstein. He explained 5 methods of montage:

• Metric – cutting shots together based on exact measure or length of time, disregarding the length and content of the shot.
• Rhythmic (aka Continuity Editing) – cutting based on the content of the shots. Therefore edits differ in length depending on what happens within the sequence. https://youtu.be/VG78fq6KAPA

• Tonal – cutting based on tones within the shots. The highlighting of emotional themes or meanings in the shots themselves. Shots are linked based on aural or visual similarities.

• Overtonal – cutting according to overtones and themes within different shots, while incorporating wider themes of the film and creating an emotional response from the audience.

• Intellectual – very different shots cut together as a visual metaphor. The shots are linked through a similar intellectual meaning. https://youtu.be/mkYNhZvlHv0

These methods of montage are still in use today. Though, as we will see below, the lines between them are not always clear and they are often used in combination.

Dura Lex (1926) – Lev Kuleshov

Zvenigora (1928) – Alexander Dovzhenko

a man with a movie camera (1929) – Dziga Vertov

Dura Lex

Zvenigora

One film from the classic soviet constructivism era is the young lady and the hooligan which released in 1919 and is directed by Vladimir Mayaskovy.

Another film from the classic soviet constructivism is Kino eye which released in 1924 and was directed by Dziga Vertov and follows the story of promoting the joys of living in the Soviet Union.

One more film from this era is 1926 movie Journey to mars which was directed by Nikolai Prusakov and Grigori Borisov.

 Golden Mountains by Sergei Yutkevich (1931)

 The House on Trubnaya by Boris Barnet (1928)

The End of St. Petersburg by (1927)

Some examples of these films include:

Dura Lex, 1926, directed by Lev Kuleshov.

Zvengiora, 1928, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko.

Alexander Nevsky, 1938, directed by Sergei Eisenstein.

These films all followed the ideas of soviet constructivism and were made often in support of communist ideas such as rights and justice for the worker and support of the soldier.