montage

In cinema, the juxtaposition of several images or shots to produce an independent meaning. The term is also used more generally to describe the whole process of editing or a rapidly edited series of shots. It was coined by the Russian director Sergei Eisenstein.

montage

In art, a design made by sticking one material over another. Photomontage involves photographs being pasted together and overlaid, sometimes mixed with newspaper and magazine cuttings. This technique was very popular with the Dadaists, and more recently with David Hockney. In cinema, the technique of montage puts together a number of images to produce an independent meaning.