montage
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.: Compare collage (def. 1).
Movies, Television.
juxtaposition or partial superimposition of several shots to form a single image.
a technique of film editing in which this is used to present an idea or set of interconnected ideas.
any combination of disparate elements that forms or is felt to form a unified whole, single image, etc.
to make or incorporate into a montage.
Origin of montage
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How to use montage in a sentence
In addition to a montage of New Yorkers on the street scored to tinkling jazz, How to gives us a shot of the World Trade Center, gleaming upwards from Lower Manhattan.
How to With John Wilson is the year’s best nature documentary | WIRED | November 29, 2020 | Ars TechnicaExtra points for the montages of bloopers and silly moments.
Some will be of notable LGBTQ conservatives, some will be a montage of the larger LGBTQ conservative community, Moran said.
Log Cabin’s new project seeks to duplicate success of Grenell video | Chris Johnson | August 26, 2020 | Washington BladeIn the montage below, pay attention to how many times two Celtics were defending three Sixers on the weak side while two were on Embiid.
The decade’s most meme-worthy moment was a video montage of robots, some of them by Boston Dynamics, falling—over and over and over, in the most awkward ways possible.
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BuzzFeed provided the “definitive ranking” of its favorite characters in the montage.
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montage after stunning montage depicting everything from the story of Adam and Eve to the creation of the universe.
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The Old Die Rich | Horace Leonard GoldA whirling montage of laughing, challenging eyes and tossing sky-black hair and soft arms tightening around his neck.
Slingshot | Irving W. LandeConsciousness came back in little dribbles like a montage—half reality and half nightmare of the insomniac.
A Woman's Place | Mark Irvin CliftonAt all events he owed his success in life primarily to montage, to whom he appears to have acted as a sort of agent.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysNew voice in the background, while the screen presented a slow montage.
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British Dictionary definitions for montage
/ (mɒnˈtɑːʒ, French mɔ̃taʒ) /
the art or process of composing pictures by the superimposition or juxtaposition of miscellaneous elements, such as other pictures or photographs
such a composition
a method of film editing involving the juxtaposition or partial superimposition of several shots to form a single image
a rapidly cut film sequence of this kind
Origin of montage
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for montage
[ (mon-tahzh, mohn-tahzh) ]
In art, making one composition by combining parts or the whole of other pictures, objects, or designs. In film, a stylized form of editing that provides a great deal of information in a short time. For example, the passing of years may be rendered by mixing shots of different seasons with shots of calendar pages turning.
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