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<h2 id="hip-hop-montage">Hip hop montage</h2> <p>A <i>hip hop montage</i> is a subset of fast cutting used in <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">film</a> to portray a complex action through a rapid series of simple actions in <a href="/facts/Fast_motion/tVr1pPLE">fast motion</a>, accompanied by <a href="/facts/Sound_effects/1M0EMu6b">sound effects</a>. The technique was first given its name by <a href="/facts/Darren_Aronofsky/rXwLudTv">Darren Aronofsky</a>, who used the technique in his films <i><a href="/facts/Pi_(film)/qXbS3kJ1">Pi</a></i> and <i>Requiem for a Dream</i> to portray drug use. According to the director's commentary of <i><a href="/facts/Requiem_for_a_Dream/vzNgtk9S">Requiem for a Dream</a>,</i> the hip hop montage is used in film as a sample is used in hip hop, with a few moments of film or video, respectively, repeated throughout the work for effect.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The technique is derived from the <a href="/facts/Hip_hop/7HjAPIEh">hip hop</a> culture of the 1990s and <a href="/facts/Jump_cuts/qKyKrIe4">jump cuts</a> first pioneered in the <a href="/facts/French_new_wave/bAEtKJeA">French new wave</a>. </p><p>It was used earlier in <a href="/facts/Bob_Fosse/U54qhJB1">Bob Fosse</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/All_That_Jazz_(film)/hY8I5che">All That Jazz</a></i> and <a href="/facts/Paul_Thomas_Anderson/jC5s0czd">Paul Thomas Anderson</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Boogie_Nights/dmczQEbQ">Boogie Nights</a></i>. <a href="/facts/Guy_Ritchie/klJBRufW">Guy Ritchie</a> also used the technique in <i><a href="/facts/Snatch_(film)/fW4FDrYA">Snatch</a></i> to portray transcontinental travel. The work of <a href="/facts/Edgar_Wright/2x5KgoAU">Edgar Wright</a>, most notably in his collaboration with <a href="/facts/Simon_Pegg/9mR2rY5M">Simon Pegg</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Spaced/GrljB0Bz">Spaced</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Shaun_of_the_Dead/fLK4g1Rf">Shaun of the Dead</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Hot_Fuzz/LLrcK3Hv">Hot Fuzz</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/The_World%2527s_End_(film)/gg6VTBjz">The World's End</a></i>) uses the technique for comedic effect. </p><p><a href="/facts/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt/dFpD0XHg">Joseph Gordon-Levitt</a> used the technique extensively in <i><a href="/facts/Don_Jon/oM5lKXJk">Don Jon</a></i> (2013) to portray the main character's habits. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Slow_cutting/zUuNUkYY">Slow cutting</a></li> <li>kinestasis</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Jill Nelmes (2003). An Introduction to Film Studies. Routledge. pp. 396–. ISBN 978-0-415-26268-2. Retrieved 2013-08-05. <a href="978-0-415-26268-2" target="_blank">978-0-415-26268-2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Oyallon-Koloski, Jenny (2024). Storytelling in Motion: Cinematic Choreography and the Film Musical. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-760266-9. <a href="978-0-19-760266-9" target="_blank">978-0-19-760266-9</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Snyder, Tim. "Editing". Carleton College. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090216070743/http://people.carleton.edu/~tonksn/aronofsky/edit.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090216070743/http://people.carleton.edu/~tonksn/aronofsky/edit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>