What is the name of this type of photos where all the characters are shown?
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2Uhm.. Composite? Collage? – Scott Jul 23 '19 at 4:54
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1A deep etched montage? – Mark Read Jul 23 '19 at 6:52
If you search for movie posters with several characters you'll find it's usually called a Montage or Character Montage. There's even a super hero meme montage generator so apparently it's also a meme somehow.
It seems that the type of composition doesn't matter, I've seen different arrangements and it's still called a montage. This type of composition used to be called simply a collage up until I googled it.
Addendum: according to the Merriam-webster dictionary, a Montage is (emphasis mine)
- : the production of a rapid succession of images in a motion picture to illustrate an association of ideas
- a : a literary, musical, or artistic composite of juxtaposed more or less heterogeneous elements
b : a composite picture made by combining several separate pictures
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I always thought "montage" was a video thing not a still image thing. Interesting. – Scott Jul 23 '19 at 20:25
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@Scott apparently it is now... Montage used to be a video only thing AFAIK, but it seems times have changed. – Luciano Jul 24 '19 at 8:17
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Oxford Dictionary of English also lists "the technique of producing a new composite whole from fragments of pictures, text, or music" and gives examples of "the art of montage in theatre and film" and "a montage of photographs" – GerardFalla Jul 26 '19 at 16:33
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1@Luciano the OED also attests the usage is from 1938, so it's not a new meaning. 1938 A. Cooper, Making Poster 34: "Used as ‘montage’ in conjunction with blue skies, or green fields, photographs of human beings appear singularly unattractive." – Billy Kerr Jul 29 '19 at 7:57
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1@Luciano "collage" and "montage" can be synonyms in this sense too. So, you're not wrong. – Billy Kerr Jul 29 '19 at 8:03
