Audiovisual Syntax – Editing

-Metric montage is generated through the juxtaposition of shots containing different lengths of shot. Contrast emerges from the duration of shots.

-Rhythmic montage is the movement within the frame that impels the montage movement from frame to frame. Contrast emerges from what’s inside the frame. Whereas metric and rhythmic montage are relatively easy to grasp, the concepts tonal, overtonal, and intellectual are more abstract ones.

-Tonal montage essentially refers to