Pudovkin and Montage

Summarize one of Pudovkin's techniques outlined in this video essay that interests you. How does it contribute to the storytelling in the modern movie clip that the narrator talks about? Why do you find this interesting? "The Godfather" (1972) executes a perfect example of one the main editing techniques which is contrast . There is a scene towards the end of the film where Michael Corleone orders his mob to kill all the other heads of the New York crime mobs. During those cruel, cold, and dark events Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is attending the christaning of his nephew.  These scenes contrast each other and it's a great editing technique being used. Parallelism is another technique that is mentioned throughout the video. "Hugo" (2011) is a great example/use of parallelism it first shows a scene of the cogwheels that function in a clock and then transitions to a scene of Paris and how everything moves like the clocks cogwheels.  It represents the connection the mechanics of both things work, it's a 1930's clock and 1930's Paris. Often parallelism is used to jump from one place to another in a much more elegant way. These two techniques are interesting because they are used so often and never seem to be outdated its two classic/common techniques in films that are often executed.