![]() Rocky’s relationship with Adrian and her brother Paulie also develop and strengthen. Characters who initially rejected Rocky such as the loan shark owners and Mickey the elderly trainer who owns the gym start actually helping him. The next major turning point in the film is when Rocky accepts Apollo Creeds challenge. The scenes shot cuts between the local boxing ring, his rundown apartment, his job as a loan shark collector and Adrian’s pet shop which work effectively in a montage sequence to show off Rocky’s humble beginnings. The music in the background emphasizes Rocky’s start for his boxing career as a nobody with a big heart who is just trying to make ends meet. It is important to note that the film effectively showed this all off without any proper audio, I was entirely able to pick all this up without hearing a single character speak. We also see that despite the fact he is a lower class citizen living in a rough area, he has a big heart as he helps a girl out who is hanging out in a rough area and lets off one of his “clients” when he is working as a loan shark collector despite his boss’ request to hurt him. We see Rocky win a boxing match in a rundown underground ring, collect a very small amount of fight money, walk back home in a very low income area and see him working his job as a loan shark collector. Right off the bat, the film starts off with an underdog narrative. ![]() I also sped up the film to 1.5x speed because the montage sequences are much faster paced than the rest of the movie plus they would cut between different shots much faster but 1.5x would be slow enough that I would be able to examine how the characters act and what choices they make. I did this by muting the normal audio and layering it with the official soundtracks of all seven movies (Rocky 1-5, Rocky Balboa and Creed). My objective of this project was to apply the montage training segments of Rocky to the entire film. They imply passage of time where the character improves himself. ![]() ![]() These scenes are short usually 2 to 3 minutes layered with music, no voice over from the characters in the film and lots of cuts and shots of him training in various ways. The Rocky movie series are famous for their training sequences where the protagonist (Rocky Balboa) undergoes rigorous exercises to improve himself for his next fight. What I primarily wanted to focus on was putting an emphasis on montage itself while watching Rocky (1976). Nearly all movies use montage and they are an integral part of film. They are essentially the film version of a pictorial collage. The term “montage” in film refers to a series of shots that are edited into sequences where time and space are condensed. ![]()
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