continuity editing VS montage editing

There are two types of editing, continuity and montage, these vary with what type of film you are going to be making.

Continuity editing is the predominant style of film editing and video editing in the post production process of filmmaking narrative films and television programmes. Its purpose is to put scenes together in chronological order so it provides a continuity narrative. Hollywood movies tend to use continuity editing a lot more than montage editing.


Montage editing is a different to continuity editing and is commonly used in Avant garde/art films. It involves a mixture of scenes that clash with one another therefore bringing another meaning to the shots that follow. An example of this is Kurt Cobains Eraserhead. It is a fast paced that compresses time and conveys a lot of information in a small space of time.