Montage

A sequence of brief shots compressing time or gathering meaning — the training sequence, the falling-in-love spin.

A montage strings short moments together to compress what would be dull at full length: weeks of training, a season of a relationship, a plan coming together. Formats vary (MONTAGE — with lettered or dashed moments), but clarity beats convention.

The craft warning: a montage summarizes change rather than dramatizing it, so spend it on change the audience has already been made to want.