Glossary: Montage Sequence
A segment of a film that summarizes a topic or compresses a passage of time into brief symbolic or typical images. Frequently dissolves, fades, superimpositions, and wipes are used to link the images in a montage sequence.
From Letter from an Unknown Woman
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Frame 1: Lisa irons her clothes
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Frame 2: Dissolve to Lisa learning to dance
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Frame 3: Dissolve to Lisa at library
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From The Godfather
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Frame 1: Newspaper headlines
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Frame 2: Headlines superimposed over daily life of
mobsters
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Frame 3: Headlines superimposed over daily life of
mobsters
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Frame 4: Three images superimposed
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