Lev Kuleshov

Lev Kuleshov was a Soviet filmmaker and theorist whose experiments showed how editing can change the meaning audiences assign to film images.

Film editing: Film editing is the selection and arrangement of shots into a sequence. Kuleshov treated the arrangement between shots as a source of meaning.
Kuleshov effect: The Kuleshov effect is the perceived change in an image’s meaning when it is juxtaposed with different images. This named effect summarizes the audience response his experiments are remembered for.
Soviet montage: Soviet montage is a filmmaking tradition that treats editing as a means of producing ideas and emotions. Kuleshov’s experiments helped shape this broader movement’s emphasis on editing.
Pudovkin's montage theory: Pudovkin's montage theory presents editing as a means of guiding viewers through connected shots. Pudovkin developed and popularized ideas about constructive editing learned in Kuleshov’s circle.
Montage: Montage is the construction of meaning through the arrangement of images or sounds. His experiments helped establish editing as more than a way to join shots.
Kuleshov experiment: The Kuleshov experiment is a reported editing demonstration pairing an actor’s expression with contrasting images. It is the central example used to explain his account of editing and emotion.
Moscow Film School: The Moscow Film School is a film education institution founded in 1919 in Moscow. Kuleshov taught there and developed a workshop that trained filmmakers in his methods.
Intellectual montage: Intellectual montage juxtaposes images to prompt an abstract or conceptual idea. It contrasts with Kuleshov’s best-known demonstration of emotional interpretation through juxtaposition.
Shot reverse shot: Shot reverse shot is an editing pattern alternating views of characters or objects in a shared scene. Its spatial and emotional effects depend on how adjoining shots are read together.
By the Law: By the Law is a 1926 Soviet silent film directed by Lev Kuleshov. The film shows his approach to constructing suspense through tightly organized cutting.

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