“Eisenstein’s Theroy of Montages: 22 Jump Street (Lord & Miller, 2014).”
The film 22 Jump Street is a comedy and a sequel from 21 Jump Street (Chitwood, 2013) that follows the story of two officers named Schmidt and Jenko that are after drug dealers once again (Seitz, 2014). There is a lot to say about the movie and the way it developed. In general, this is really fast-paced film which creates such a dynamic tendecy in the plot. This movie also showcases Sergei Eisenstein’s theory of 5 montages that can be acomplished through the editing process (Dancyger, 2011, p. 16).
Beforehand, it is important to understand the definition of each montage to later be capable of identifying them in the film’s content.
Metric montage involves shortening the shots in a film in order to create or intensify tension on the …show more content…
18).
Tonal montage establishes the emotional tone of the scene. The atmosphere is often complemented by the usage of music in some scenes (Dancyger, 2011, pp. 18, 20).
Overtonal montage is based on a combination of the metric, rhythmic, and tonal montage. This is a mix between speed, ideas, and emotions that causes a desired effect onto the viewer (Dancyger, 2011, p. 20).
Intellectual montage comprises the introduction of new ideas in a really emotional and charged sequence (Dancyger, 2011, pp. 20-21).
Just at the beginnig of the film, when the main characters (Jenko and Schmidt) had just arrived to the college campus at minute 13:10, there is an intellectual montage, which lasts for a bit under 10 seconds. This estabilishes the idea of starting college. The students’ behaviour and the way they were showed around in campus let the audience understand the new environment and lifestyle that they have when living the college’s life. It also establises the way that now the officers have to behave in order to fit in that new
The film 22 Jump Street is a comedy and a sequel from 21 Jump Street (Chitwood, 2013) that follows the story of two officers named Schmidt and Jenko that are after drug dealers once again (Seitz, 2014). There is a lot to say about the movie and the way it developed. In general, this is really fast-paced film which creates such a dynamic tendecy in the plot. This movie also showcases Sergei Eisenstein’s theory of 5 montages that can be acomplished through the editing process (Dancyger, 2011, p. 16).
Beforehand, it is important to understand the definition of each montage to later be capable of identifying them in the film’s content.
Metric montage involves shortening the shots in a film in order to create or intensify tension on the …show more content…
18).
Tonal montage establishes the emotional tone of the scene. The atmosphere is often complemented by the usage of music in some scenes (Dancyger, 2011, pp. 18, 20).
Overtonal montage is based on a combination of the metric, rhythmic, and tonal montage. This is a mix between speed, ideas, and emotions that causes a desired effect onto the viewer (Dancyger, 2011, p. 20).
Intellectual montage comprises the introduction of new ideas in a really emotional and charged sequence (Dancyger, 2011, pp. 20-21).
Just at the beginnig of the film, when the main characters (Jenko and Schmidt) had just arrived to the college campus at minute 13:10, there is an intellectual montage, which lasts for a bit under 10 seconds. This estabilishes the idea of starting college. The students’ behaviour and the way they were showed around in campus let the audience understand the new environment and lifestyle that they have when living the college’s life. It also establises the way that now the officers have to behave in order to fit in that new