Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing many pictures or designs.
- noun The art or process of making such a composition.
- noun A relatively rapid succession of different shots in a movie.
- noun The juxtaposition of such successive shots as a cinematic technique.
- noun A composite of closely juxtaposed elements.
- transitive verb To use or incorporate in a montage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
art form consisting of putting together orassembling various smallerpictures to create a larger work. - noun An analogous
literary ,musical or other heterogenousartistic composite - verb transitive To
combine ordepict into a montage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Shorn of the title montage of New York City street scenes,
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I almost left this one off, because in actuality, this montage is all exposition and almost no action.
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I wanted to find the original "Power of Love" scene from Back the Future, but this montage is the best I could do.
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Handle sweeping events in detail through narrative summary - a montage is a poor imitation.
7 things print SF can do, which screen SF can't zornhau 2006
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Mondo's montage is heart-warming and houndstooth-y.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale Part Two Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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Mondo's montage is heart-warming and houndstooth-y.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale Part Two Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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The DJ also believes that his use of audio montage is in parallel to our 'collage, non-linear imagination.'
Spread ArtCulture: Resampling Jean Cocteau at the Guggenheim Spread ArtCulture 2010
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Trying to pick which montage is better is like choosing which of your children you love most.
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Strange as it seems, from a film making point of view, the “Gonna Fly Now” running montage is one of the most important scenes in movie making history from a technical point of view, same with the match at the end of the fight.
Matthew Yglesias » The Wrestler and Sports Movie Clichés 2009
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Mondo's montage is heart-warming and houndstooth-y.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale Part Two Recap Una LaMarche 2010
lampbane commented on the word montage
A montage of montages, starring a wagon full of pancakes.
August 29, 2008