A film montage is a series of shots that when placed together have more meaning than either does by itself. The most common montage is that of compressing time. By showing several shots of a date the audience understands that the couple spent hours together even though they saw only brief moments along the way. The opposite of that is the expansion of time. A short period of time is viewed from several different perspectives. The most interesting use of montage is taking two ideas that seem to not have a connection and by presenting them together creating an association that is more significant. In Sergei Einstein’s Batleship Potemkin the juxtaposition of planes shooting strikers against the slaughter of cattle is powerful imagery. The intent of the metaphor is clearly evident.