montage
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a series of short film clips shown quickly one after another, often with music, to show a long period of time passing.
n.a cinematic technique in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information.
Simple“The movie included a training montage showing the athlete getting stronger over several months.”
In context“The director employed a fast-paced montage to illustrate the protagonist's rise to power over the course of a decade.”
UsageOften used with 'training' or 'opening' to describe specific film tropes.
Synonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
n.a single picture or piece of art made by joining many different images or objects together.
n.a single composition created by juxtaposing or overlapping various pictorial elements, often from different sources.
Simple“She created a beautiful montage of old family photos for her grandfather's birthday.”
In context“The gallery featured a striking montage of industrial textures and urban landscapes, challenging the viewer's perception of city life.”
- 03 C2 Proficiency
v.to put different pieces of film, music, or pictures together into one work.
v.to combine disparate elements into a composite work; to depict a subject through the process of montage.
Simple“The editor spent hours trying to montage the news clips into a coherent story.”
In context“The documentary-maker chose to montage archival footage with modern interviews to highlight the historical parallels.”
“None of the speakers preceding Trump brought up the conflict, which was only featured in a brief video montage in the official programming.”
, La matière denaturalisée. Destruction 2. (Denatured Matter. Destruction 2.; c. 1923), from the collection of the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. The work is a collage, a type of montage.]] Unadapted borrowing from French montage (“assembly, set-up”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.