Sergei Eisenstein

Through five editing techniques, Sergei Eisenstein in his 1929 article, "Methods of Montage," addresses the cinematic possibilities that can be used by filmmakers to influence the viewer. He believes that montage is the most powerful cinematic device and that through careful study and usage it can appeal to the many layers of the human brain, penetrate the subconscious, and stimulate psycho-physiological responses. To Eisenstein, montage can control a wide range of human functions from simple voluntary …

…difficult to say, but without a doubt, Eisenstein was an inspirational figure in the early techniques of emotional editing and montage. October, due to its complex Soviet montage nature, may have had full understanding of its montage-style significance relegated to a limited viewing audience of cinephiles. Nevertheless, Eisenstein's masterful use of montage demonstrates how motion picture has the power to evoke excitement, movement, and feeling and help influence ideas and invoke ideology from an audience.