122 Section Three Cut (Grandmaster Flash, et al.) it was the way you assembled sounds together, the way they collide and join up, that makes it fun. The lyrics weren't always too important. And another thing that makes hip-hop so similar to montage is the way it uses these collisions. You get completely unlikely sounds and put them together ­ like a clip from a 1950s air raid information film, over the theme from Sesame Street, followed by a line from a Malcolm X speech. That's sampling ­ playfully roaming freely across the world of culture and history, and always unexpected. With this kind of music and this style of movie editing it's the way you say it that is important, not always what you say. adding, nOT Taking away A lot of people say that continuity editing is about taking shots away, while montage is about adding shots in. There's some truth in this simple idea ­ we sometimes call montage additive editing, while continuity editing might be called reductive editing. When creating montage, always go for adding shots in rather than taking them out. You might need to make each shot shorter and faster, but that helps to disorientate the viewer. disOrienTaTe