I had previously thought of montage as a set sequence in a film where a largish period of time is shown to the viewer in a sequence of short clips with a soundtrack over it. Think the Rocky training sequences before the final fights.
But this lecture made me consider a wider aspect of the montage in that basically a whole film can be considered a montage. It's a collection of scenes edited together, compressing time and telling a story or creating a feeling or feelings in the viewer.
I think what it is that interests me is how you as the creator can control what the audience feels about a certain scene or piece of imagery by choosing what to show in the sequence.
A short video we were shown in the lecture of Hitchcock talking about the Kuleshov Effect, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_Effect , explains what I'm getting at.
Klaus Janson talks about the juxtaposition of panels in comics to create different effects in "The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics", http://www.amazon.co.uk/DC-Comics-Guide-Pencilling/dp/0823010287 , which I would consider montage I guess as it deals with different visuals and time as well.
The whole DC comics guide to creating comics are good reads for any aspiring comic creators out there.
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