Kuleshov Experiment I

The Kuleshov Effect is a film editing (montage) effect demonstrated by Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov in the 1910s and 1920s.

Kuleshov edited together a short film in which a shot of the expressionless face of Tsarist matinee idol Ivan Mozzhukhin was alternated with various other shots (a plate of soup, a girl, an old woman's coffin). The film was shown to an audience who believed that the expression on Mozzhukhin's face was different each time he appeared, depending on whether he was "looking at" the plate of soup, the girl, or the coffin, showing an expression of hunger, desire or grief respectively. Actually the footage of Mozzhukhin was the same shot repeated over and over again.

This is a modern take on the experiment, using color and sound to add an additional element in each section.

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Education

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• Kuleshov
• Fine
• Arts
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[domozoo]

nice take at it dude i loved it! we just had this project in my class :)

[firelifesm]

we were watching this in film class, we watched it like six times and we are still amazed and confused by it. its amazing i love watching it and the effects and editing is awesome =)

[paulpasadena]

Nicely done. I like the color correction on each shot and the titles were pretty creative.