The Montage Theory

Lev Kuleshov, first to theorize about the young medium of the cinema in 1920's The montage editing contains different images, edited together. The images don't provide a sense of the narrative moving forward however are still meaningful. The rapid cuts force the viewer to consider connections between, images being shown. There may have no obvious connections, or might be deliberately unconnected. The scenes reflect chaos, tension, disturbance, characters state of mind and they may have overall thematic or visual connection.

 

Above is a scene taken from the film "Rocky IV" where the montage theory has been used well. It allows the audience to see what has happened in the film, in a short more thrilling manner. We see the hard work and development of the star "Rocky" and his future opponent, they had to endure. This builds suspense leading to the main "fight" of the film.