Video montages combine quick cuts and affecting music to tell a fast story. You can use them to tell a complete affecting story, speed up time, and more.

Here are some examples of great video montages so you can get ideas.

To create your own video montage, you should choose your music carefully, avoid dialogue and focus on the feelings instead, and stay within 5 minutes long.

Use these tips and more to create your own video montages.

Key Takeaways:

  • Making a video montage involves combining many short clips into one video to tell a story.
  • The technique is often used to speed up time, and tells an affecting story along with music.
  • Here are some tips for how to create your own effective video montage.

“The emotional piano music makes this scene even more heart wrenching to watch. Without hearing a single word, we experience this universal story of love and loss, love and missed opportunities.”

Read more: https://www.magisto.com/blog/2020/03/16/how-to-create-a-video-montage/

Lance Carr

Lance is a fully qualified video editing tragic and renowned techno-struggler. He has put in the hard yards working out all manner of things technical... so you don't have to!

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