surrealism and soviet montage

• What are the key elements of surrealism?

there is a blair in the human mind where our memory and our instincts are stored. this is called the unconcious mind as most of the time we are not aware of it. 

• In what ways is sexuality a key part of surrealism?

froid brelieved that the primary motivvation for everything in life is sex . it was they key to undertand human beings. 

• What is a montage (soviet)?

he liked to put objects that are not associated with one another together to make something that was playful and  desturbing to stimulate the uconcious mind. 

ther are 2 types of paintings:

1- about dreams

2- automtism, insored by free association, designed to revieal the unconciois mind. 

• What is the purpose of a montage?

montage is combining shots that are depictive , single in meaning, natural in content-- into intellectual contexts and series. so two neutral pictures colliding creating one different. 

can be used to create tension by shortening up the pieces. 

• What role does sequencing and juxtaposition play in montage?
• What is intellectual montage?

it is cutting accordin the the shot's relationship to an intellectual concept.