Packet 9: Tossup 16

Esfir Shub made charts featuring rising and falling lines for a theory described by this word, which was (10[1])called the “nerve” of one form in an essay on the “dialectical” approach to it. The “creative geography” technique is a subset of a framework described by this word and seen in The Project of Engineer Prite. According to a series of 1920s essays, sequences described by this term can be “tonal,” “metric,” or “of attractions.” A semiotic theory named for a nationality (-5[1])and this term introduced the Kuleshov effect. This (10[1])French-derived (10[1])term (10[1])names a theory (10[1])of film editing (10[2]-5[1])that holds (10[1]-5[1])meaning is (10[1])made (10[1])in the relation (-5[1])between shots, (-5[1])an idea (10[1])central (10[1])to the work of Soviet filmmakers like Dziga (10[1])Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein. (10[1])For 10 points, give the word used to refer to sequences of (10[1])short (10[1])cuts (10[2])set to (10[1])music, such as the “training” one from Rocky. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: montages [accept Soviet Montage Theory; accept training montage; prompt on editing until read]
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