A sequence of images, clips, or pieces combined together to create a single artistic composition or tell a story.
From French 'montage,' meaning assembly or arrangement, derived from 'monter' (to mount or assemble). Became a major film technique in the 1920s, especially in Soviet cinema.
Soviet filmmakers discovered that completely unrelated images shown in sequence could create meaning in the viewer's mind—showing a face, then a bowl of soup, then the face smiling made people think the person loved soup! This 'Kuleshov Effect' revolutionized how we tell stories visually.
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