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Higgonaitor
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How do you write a montage?  I've never really looked into that.  Do you say what happens in the montage, or do you plan it out according with the music, or what?


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I seen it in a screenplay I was reading and they just had like INT. House - Montage - Night or something along them lines

than underneath they had everything that happened, I don't remember exactly who it was


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If I was you I'd send a pm to someone who knows format well and than they can help you out even more, I also wrote a montage sequence in my script that's unreleased the same way I seen it done



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I began The Burnout with a montage.  You have to describe each image separately and insert a space between each image.  Don't forget that a page of script averages a minute on the screen.  The spaces provide pacing in the story.


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Yeah that's who I seen it from, when I opened The Burnout I seen a montage sequence

I should have remembered but I guess I didn't


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I used a montage in episode 18 of BANANA CHAN.  I think it's important to describe generally what the scenes entail without getting into complete detail about the sequence in which those scenes are arranged, because that's up to the editor.
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If I change location, like from otside to inside a house, do I have to do a new like "INT. HOUSE--MONTAGE--DAY" or do I just keep going with the spaces and stuff?


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Quoted from Higgonaitor
If I change location, like from otside to inside a house, do I have to do a new like "INT. HOUSE--MONTAGE--DAY" or do I just keep going with the spaces and stuff?


Don´t use slugs within a montage.

Check this link (scroll down) to see how it´s done: http://www.screenwriting.info/13.php


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Here's a MONTAGE Sequence from CINEMA PARADISO shooting script..

It's the final scene when all the cuts from all the films seen in the Italian community cinema are edited and put together in a montage for the main character, SALVATORE, to see.. This is the grand finale of this movie.. Notice there is no mention of MONTAGE, it is simply described in the screenplay as a sentence or paragraph.. This would be a good way of doing this in a SPEC SCRIPT format..

ROME. STUDIO VIEWING-ROOM. INT. DAY

               ...SALVATORE'S hands giving a STUDIO PROJECTIONIST the rusty
               metal can left him by ALFREDO.

                                   SALVATORE
                         Please check the splices. As soon
                         as you're ready you can start.

                                   PROJECTIONIST
                         OK. Congratulations on your film.
                         It's terrific.

                                   SALVATORE
                         Thanks.

               A COLLEAGUE of SALVATORE comes up behind him.

                                   SALVATORE (CONT'D)
                         Well?

                                   COLLEAGUE
                         The distributor is opening up the
                         film earlier. The press conference
                         is in the afternoon. The actors
                         will also be there, the producer,
                         just about everyone.

               An ASSISTANT comes up to them.

                                   ASSISTANT
                         The official notification of the
                         award just came out, but we've
                         already received a mountain of
                         telegrams. Aren't you happy?

                                   SALVATORE
                         It's all right. We'll talk about it
                         later.

               SALVATORE walks off towards the viewing theatre.

               SALVATORE is by himself in the small viewing theatre. Now the
               lights go down. The beam of light shines out of the little
               square hole of the projection booth and the screen lights up.
               A number trailer goes by and then SALVATORE sees the first
               shots.

               A start of intense amazement and joy suddenly runs through
               him, astounds him, delights him. It's the best piece of film
               he has ever seen...

               It consists of all the kisses ALFREDO cut out of the films
               and kept for him, when he was a little boy.
               They have been spliced together, one , after the other, at
               random, same of them even upside down. And yet it looks like
               a first- rate editing job.

               In rapid sequence the passionate kisses between actors and
               actresses, names famous and names unknown in the history of
               movies. Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, Alida Valii, Rudolph
               Valentino, Ingrid Bergman, Clark Gable, Anna Magnani,
               Humphrey Bogart, Marlene Dietrich, Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa
               Ferida, Vittorio De Sica, Rita Hayworth, Tyrone Power, Doris
               Durante, Massimo Gironi, Marta Abba, Fred Astaire and Ginger
               Rogers, Assia Noris...

               A whole movie season summed up in a few fragments, a few
               seconds. A bizarre, poignant, melancholy parade.

               SALVATORE is overwhelmed, moved to tears. It is the most
               profound act of love he has ever seen. He laughs as tears
               shine in his eyes. Up on the screen, another kiss, the last
               kiss marking the happy ending of a film. And the age-old
               words appear 'THE END'.
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I use the good old semi-colon. Whether this is right or not, you know what, I'm the only one who's going to say.

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Quoted from R.E._Freak
I use the good old semi-colon. Whether this is right or not, you know what, I'm the only one who's going to say.

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Quoted from George Willson
I don't understand...


Each action or description is seperated from the others by a semi-colon.

I write montages like this...

Montage: Description 1; description 2; description 3.
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OIC.

Here's the standard on it via the Screenwriter's Bible.

A Montage is a sequence of brief shots expressing the same or similar idea, such as a passage of time, or a stream of consciousness. Here's a common format:

MONTAGE - SUZY AND BILL HAVE FUN TOGETHER

-- They run along the beach. Suzy raises her countenance against the ocean spray.

-- They bicycle through a park.

-- Bill buys Suzy ice cream at a small stand. She stuffs it into his face. The patrons chuckle.

And, of course, you would end the montage with BACK TO SCENE or END MONTAGE or a new master scene heading. It's okay to include dialogue in a Montage, but generally the focus is on the beats of action.

In a very short Montage, you can simply write the Montage in paragraph form beginning with the word MONTAGE followed by a colon and the narrative description (or even semi-colons, right R.E.?)

Some studios and productions companies prefer a Montage format that lists location, then action.

MONTAGE - SUZY AND BILL HAVE FUN TOGETHER

-- A beach - They race across the sand. Suzy raises her countenance against the ocean spray.

-- A park - They bicycle down meandering paths.

-- An ice cream stand - Bill buys Suzy an ice cream cone. She stuffs it into his face. The patrons chuckle.

This style can also be used with the SERIES OF SHOTS.

Similar to the MONTAGE is the SERIES OF SHOTS, consisting of quick shots that tell a story. They lead to some dramatic resolution or dramatic action, whereas a MONTAGE focuses on a single concept. Here's an example of how to format the SERIES OF SHOTS.

SERIES OF SHOTS

A) The classroom spins.

B) The professor, in a panic, jabs the computer tab key.

C) He tosses the computer out the window.

D) He peers out the window, clutching his little dog.

E) Dean Zelda Zack rides up on her swagger stick, hurls the computer back at him, and CACKLES.

BACK TO SCENE

The MONTAGE is used more than the SERIES OF SHOTS. Even when the sequence is a true SERIES OF SHOTS, the MONTAGE format is often used. Sometimes the heading MONTAGE is used and then the shots are numbered exactly like the SERIES OF SHOTS example above. The rules are fluid here, and the terms are often used interchangably. Use both devices sparingly.

Generally, a MONTAGE in the script is scored to music in the movie. For example, the MONTAGE above of Suzy and Bill could be lengthened to be accompanied by a love song -- the MONTAGE concept would be "falling in love." The training MONTAGE from ROCKY is another example. Thus, the word MONTAGE often means: put the hit song here. Now, don't you indicate the musical selection you'd prefer. In fact, don't refer to music at all. That's someone else's job.

Thanks to Dave Trottier...


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