Film and montage

The first reading defines film, speaking as film, camera, and the movement in 3rd person "kino-eye". Film is an expression of the sensory exploration of our world. I really found this reading to be poetic and beautiful- inspiring the passion to create and explore film. There are lots of interesting perspectives that this reading confronts.
Films and videos are put together with a  series of montages that work moves through, creating the piece. Montage is a large part of editing. There are different types of montage that the second reading discusses that can be applied in editing frames. The first is Metric Montage. Metric Montage is determined by the absolute lengths of the pieces. Rhythmic Montage is about equally about the lengths and the content within the pieces. With rhythmic montage, it is movement that is within the frame that creates movement. Tonal Montage is similar to rhythmic montage but on a much wider sense. Tonal Montage strives for an light emotional connection- targeting ideas that the film insinuates. Overtonal montage is the collective of appeals, beyond that of tonal montage. Overtonal montage strives for a direct physiological perception. The final defined form of montage is Intellectual montage. Intellectual Montage is the highest form of conceptual montage, being a juxtaposition of the intellectual effects found in tones and overtones. This reading was inspiring with the defined theoretical knowledge about terms within video editing, whereas the first reading inspired me emotionally. In my opinion I think that a characteristic of good editing job has examples of all the different times of montage. Now that I have the definitions of the different types of montage in my knowledge I think that editing and the critiquing of video and sound pieces will improve.