Montages
A montage is a sequence of shots in a movie or video that
usually portrays a passing of time in the story within a short period
accompanied by music. In most occasions that a montage occurs, it is used to
put the development of a character in a movie over a period of time in a
nutshell.
Examples of movies that have montages include:
In this movie, a montage is used to show the training and
improvement of the main character over a period of time – from an untrained
actor turned agent to a highly skilled secret agent. In this example though,
the song used actually describes what a montage is and that it is needed for
this scene.
The montage in Rocky IV portrays once again the training and improvement
of Rocky, in preparation to fight Drago – a super strong boxer that uses
performance enhancing drugs. This example uses quite a song that goes well with
intense exercise, improvement and excitement in preparation for the big fight.
The montage in the original The Karate Kid involves Daniel
doing a series of chores for his Karate master and eventually having enough,
but his master reveals (at the end of the montage) that the manoeuvres he would
perform while cleaning and painting, are the same of those needed to fight
properly.
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