Montage was originally developed in Soviet film theory as an approach to editing that creates symbolic meaning. However, in modern cinema montage is used more as a tool rather than a style, through a series of short, rapidly edited shots to suggest the passage of time or reinforce a message. Sports training montages in particular involve an athlete confronting their need to train harder through an intense individual training regimen. While montage remains a common cinematic technique, its use has become more of a cliché that has lost the original theoretical motivation behind its creation.

1. Montage in Current Cinema Shift from a theory to a tool By: Ryan Clark, Joe Gordano, Joe Roman, Daniel Vela

2. Soviet Montage Theory - is an approach to understanding and creating cinema that relies heavily upon editing. As learned previously in class.

3. In current cinema, montage is used more as a tool rather than a style of film making. Montage is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. It is usually used to suggest the passage of time , rather than to create symbolic meaning as it does in Soviet montage theory.

4. Today's montages avoid the use of multiple images in one shot, for example, through splits screens. Most recent examples use a simpler sequence of individual short, rapidly paced shots combined with a specially created background song to enhance the mood or reinforce the message being conveyed.

5. Sports training use: The standard elements of a sports training montage include a build-up where the potential sports hero confronts their failure to train adequately. The solution is a serious, individual training regimen.

6. The Correlation of Montage with current Cinema Team America(2004) Rocky II (1976) Naked Gun(1988) Forest Gump(1994) Footloose(1984)

7. The current use has become more of a cliché in current cinema, losing much of the original motive behind its creation.