Montage is a technique where a series of shots are cut down into a sequence to summarise space, time and information. Montages are mostly used to show the passing of time. The Montage technique become popular due to Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein and the soviet montage theory. However, the type of montage technique that people know and love today is very different from montage used in the 1920s (montages were used in Russian cinema in the 20s for more of a symbolic meaning). Montages has no continuous edits but instead puts clips together to create a new meaning. Montage has become popular in sports related films, especially if it is used to show training. Montages will sometimes have music over it to create even more pace and action, especially if it is to emphasis on the action that is already happening on screen. In this clip, from the Karate Kid, a montage is used to show the protagonist's progress in a karate match. The clip has become very iconic, along with the Rocky training montages.
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