POST 16 - The Kuleshov Effect

THE KULESHOV EFFECT.

 The Kuleshov effect is a film editing (montage) effect demonstrated by Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov in the 1910s and 1920s. It is a mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation.


Here is a video explaining further what the Kuleshov Effect is.



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