Kuleshov Effect
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The Kuleshov Effect (Russian: Эффект Кулешова), also translated as the Kuleshov effect, is a theory of montage in film editing practice, derived from the Kuleshov experiment conducted by Soviet film director Lev Kuleshov, who was 19 years old at the time, between the 1910s and 1920s. This effect is a fundamental theory of cinematic shot language, a proof of Eisenstein's montage theory, and constitutes the theoretical basis of the Soviet montage school.
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The Kuleshov Effect (Russian: Эффект Кулешова), also translated as the Kuleshov effect, is a theory of montage in film editing practice, derived from the Kuleshov experiment conducted by Soviet film director Lev Kuleshov, who was 19 years old at the time, between the 1910s and 1920s. This effect is a fundamental theory of cinematic shot language, a proof of Eisenstein's montage theory, and constitutes the theoretical basis of the Soviet montage school.
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The Kuleshov Effect refers to the phenomenon that viewers' understanding of an actor's identical neutral expression changes with the juxtaposition of preceding and following shots—the meaning of the expression is generated by montage rather than by the performance itself. It proves that editing creates meaning.
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