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montage Definition


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montage
noun
    1a. The process of creating a picture by assembling and piecing together elements from other pictures, photographs, etc, and mounting them on to canvas, etc;
    1b. A picture made in this way.
    2. The process of editing film material.
    3. cinema.TV.
      A film sequence made up of short clips, or images superimposed, dissolved together, etc, especially one used to condense events that take place over a long period.
    4. cinema.TV.
      Extensive use of changes in camera position to create an impression of movement or action in a filmed scene. See also mise-en-scène.
Etymology: 1920s: French, from monter to mount.



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