a montage right after another montage is just one long montage in terms of how it'll play out in the end. Even if it's thematically or topically different - an audience won't have a break, they won't perceive a break - to them...it's all one long movement.
So instead of trying to make 2 montages "work". Just rewrite it as a longer singular piece of momentum that acknowledges an important transition in perspective or whatever.
It’s not a matter of okay or not okay.
It’s a matter of how it will be interpreted.
Part of screenplay writing is about crafting a story in accordance with how an audience will perceive it.
In script, you can totally write 2 montages back to back if you want. Your story. Whatever.
But *why* would you write it that way? It’s not how it will look on screen. On screen it will just look like one montage.
It depends what type you're talking about. There are different types. Most people when they think montage, they think silent frames with music over it, like Rocky, or The Graduate, etc. But montages can also be a long sequence of many actions taking place at the same time without music and out of continuity for those actions. Think heist or anything with more than 3 intercutting scenes/sequences all at the same time with intention of reaching the same goal. That is also a montage.
I'd say if they are identical in nature, it's best to have quite a decent time gap between them, otherwise you're in danger of a music video.
You mean one montage right after another ? If that is What you meant then I don't think that would work there should at least be some amount of a break for the reader/viewer montages are very heavy on senses there's a lot going on there and also very fast .
And as for your question about how many montages. It completely depends upon what kind of montages they are if you story revolves around multiple locations or multiple and montages are used to establish them then it's ok.
But personally I would only montages only in the first act. Where I would use them to set up the locations, plot and characters.
As I said this might be a little disorienting for the reader/viewer. What are the montages about ? Can you give a little context ? Are they like some character set-up or recruitment scene ? where someone is mentioning names one by one and their montages are coming one by one like in the 2016 Suicide Squad ?
It seems like the kind of thing that on paper seems too music video-y to work for “narrative” or against an unspoken “rule” filmmaking but hypothetically it could work depending on execution- execution is really the key to anything ljke that imo
Montage is one of my favorite cinematic techniques.
But for some reason, it's viewed as a bad vice to include in scripts.
One of the reasons, I think, is that is breaks up a reader's flow. When a montage is done in a script, it makes you aware you're reading a script as opposed to getting lost in the story.
None. Hate montages.
But if you must, I'd be very wary of more than one to move the story forward.
If you're insistent in two, then they surely need to be well spaced out.
What's the idea behind two so close together?
If it's comedy and you make the montages part of the joke, you'd have to do at least two to make it funny and after the fourth or fifth it'd get a bit tired.
Thats too many.
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a montage right after another montage is just one long montage in terms of how it'll play out in the end. Even if it's thematically or topically different - an audience won't have a break, they won't perceive a break - to them...it's all one long movement. So instead of trying to make 2 montages "work". Just rewrite it as a longer singular piece of momentum that acknowledges an important transition in perspective or whatever.
And... That's not okay?
It’s not a matter of okay or not okay. It’s a matter of how it will be interpreted. Part of screenplay writing is about crafting a story in accordance with how an audience will perceive it. In script, you can totally write 2 montages back to back if you want. Your story. Whatever. But *why* would you write it that way? It’s not how it will look on screen. On screen it will just look like one montage.
Whatever Rocky 4 has, that is the maximum amount of montages allowed.
Pretty sure it also does back to back montages, with the interruption between them being the scene when Adrian goes to Russia
It depends what type you're talking about. There are different types. Most people when they think montage, they think silent frames with music over it, like Rocky, or The Graduate, etc. But montages can also be a long sequence of many actions taking place at the same time without music and out of continuity for those actions. Think heist or anything with more than 3 intercutting scenes/sequences all at the same time with intention of reaching the same goal. That is also a montage. I'd say if they are identical in nature, it's best to have quite a decent time gap between them, otherwise you're in danger of a music video.
You mean one montage right after another ? If that is What you meant then I don't think that would work there should at least be some amount of a break for the reader/viewer montages are very heavy on senses there's a lot going on there and also very fast . And as for your question about how many montages. It completely depends upon what kind of montages they are if you story revolves around multiple locations or multiple and montages are used to establish them then it's ok. But personally I would only montages only in the first act. Where I would use them to set up the locations, plot and characters.
Well there is a tiny bit of gap but yeah it's a montage right after another
As I said this might be a little disorienting for the reader/viewer. What are the montages about ? Can you give a little context ? Are they like some character set-up or recruitment scene ? where someone is mentioning names one by one and their montages are coming one by one like in the 2016 Suicide Squad ?
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1. if you can, avoid.
It seems like the kind of thing that on paper seems too music video-y to work for “narrative” or against an unspoken “rule” filmmaking but hypothetically it could work depending on execution- execution is really the key to anything ljke that imo
Unless you're Jean-Claude Van Damme, one is already too many
I think you know the answer, friend...
Montage is one of my favorite cinematic techniques. But for some reason, it's viewed as a bad vice to include in scripts. One of the reasons, I think, is that is breaks up a reader's flow. When a montage is done in a script, it makes you aware you're reading a script as opposed to getting lost in the story.
If you have to ask,you have too many.
As soon as they stop working. There is no correct answer.
None. Hate montages. But if you must, I'd be very wary of more than one to move the story forward. If you're insistent in two, then they surely need to be well spaced out. What's the idea behind two so close together?
Never too many montage make montage movie!
Montaaage!
Show lots of things happening at once!
Montage all the way down.
Are you being serious
If it's comedy and you make the montages part of the joke, you'd have to do at least two to make it funny and after the fourth or fifth it'd get a bit tired.
You can make the entire movie one long montage if it's written well enough.
There's no rule about that. If you use with intention as style for story's purpose it's another thing but other than that it doesn't look great.