Before class on Monday, I had never really given much thought regarding what a collage was. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of collage\u00a0is the organization of newspaper, magazine, or picture cutouts that are displayed artistically.\u00a0I recently, however, watched a movie called “500 Days of Summer” and realized that collage has a place in film as well. The movie cover itself consists of scenes compiled close together, slightly overlapping (possibly 500 pictures of the character named Summer). A bright yellow sun is also overlaid transparently over a section of the faces. Finally, the two main characters look as if they have been cut out and pasted in front of the face collage, each person outlined with a sliver of white boarder.<\/p>\n
Collage is also apparent within the movie, as fictional items (such as the bird shown below) are sporadically juxtaposed with the realistic setting and actors and actresses. This example of collage illustrates the versatile nature of the art form. For example, the term can even be extended to music in the form of a montage. The unifying theme that relates all these forms of collage is the notion that they all use different forms that result in a new whole.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/500days.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n