Comments on: Editing, Manipulation, and the Kuleshov Effect http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html Serving up fresh, crispy news and views for creators and consumers of digital video Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:10:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: modifoo » Blog Archive » SurfFoo for September 29th http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-18270 modifoo » Blog Archive » SurfFoo for September 29th Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:06:20 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-18270 [...] Editing, Manipulation, and the Kuleshov Effect - In the early 1900?s, a Russian filmmaker by the name of Lev Kuleshov came to the conclusion that two disparate shots edited one after the other are processed ?together? in the minds of the audience. [...] [...] Editing, Manipulation, and the Kuleshov Effect - In the early 1900?s, a Russian filmmaker by the name of Lev Kuleshov came to the conclusion that two disparate shots edited one after the other are processed ?together? in the minds of the audience. [...]

]]> By: Naomi Klein’s hypocritical book campaign « Miscellanea 2.0 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-16282 Naomi Klein’s hypocritical book campaign « Miscellanea 2.0 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:31:01 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-16282 [...] film is essentially a textbook example of the Kuleshov effect (see it demonstrated by Alfred Hitchcock) where negative images are juxtaposed with neutral ones to imply that the neutral ones are actually [...] [...] film is essentially a textbook example of the Kuleshov effect (see it demonstrated by Alfred Hitchcock) where negative images are juxtaposed with neutral ones to imply that the neutral ones are actually [...]

]]> By: Chasm http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-15176 Chasm Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:56:21 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-15176 An interesting phenom, but one hopes to fall upon it as a tool as little as possible. In the course of finding a cutaway reaction, for instance, if you're hunting for reactions it's probably because the actor is giving you little to begin with. If you try a blatently wrong expression, you've violated the 'effect' and it doesn't work. Of course you 'can' according to this theory just throw in any 'blank' expression and hope the audience carries the emotion over, but you do so only as a last resort - first you scrounge all your film to see if there is any expression more appropriate for the moment than a 'blank' one. Any editor who constantly threw in emotionless cutaways and then claimed that the Kuleshov effect justified his choices would not be asked back for a second season of television. For a director, with an actor who goes over the top or other certain rare situations, knowing this 'effect' may help getting what you want in the can, but in linear story-telling, the use of this idea is negligable. That's not to say it doen't have value in the advertising world in associating emotions with 'blank' products - but a tv or feature editor doesn't think about this stuff. An interesting phenom, but one hopes to fall upon it as a tool as little as possible.

In the course of finding a cutaway reaction, for instance, if you’re hunting for reactions it’s probably because the actor is giving you little to begin with. If you try a blatently wrong expression, you’ve violated the ‘effect’ and it doesn’t work. Of course you ‘can’ according to this theory just throw in any ‘blank’ expression and hope the audience carries the emotion over, but you do so only as a last resort - first you scrounge all your film to see if there is any expression more appropriate for the moment than a ‘blank’ one. Any editor who constantly threw in emotionless cutaways and then claimed that the Kuleshov effect justified his choices would not be asked back for a second season of television.

For a director, with an actor who goes over the top or other certain rare situations, knowing this ‘effect’ may help getting what you want in the can, but in linear story-telling, the use of this idea is negligable.

That’s not to say it doen’t have value in the advertising world in associating emotions with ‘blank’ products - but a tv or feature editor doesn’t think about this stuff.

]]> By: Rain Machine, Perfect iTunes, Speed Racer - End-of-the-Week Coffee Break &raquo Coffee and Celluloid http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-15141 Rain Machine, Perfect iTunes, Speed Racer - End-of-the-Week Coffee Break &raquo Coffee and Celluloid Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:40:15 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-15141 [...] Editing, Manipulation, and the Kuleshov Effect - Whether you have or have not heard of the Kuleshov effect, FreshDV has a nice video of Hitchcock demonstrating it. It’s a very powerful editing tool. [...] [...] Editing, Manipulation, and the Kuleshov Effect - Whether you have or have not heard of the Kuleshov effect, FreshDV has a nice video of Hitchcock demonstrating it. It’s a very powerful editing tool. [...]

]]> By: Kendal Miller http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-15031 Kendal Miller Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:05:47 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/08/editing-manipulation-and-the-kuleshov-effect.html#comment-15031 Great article Matt, I would like to see you do a series like this on the psychology of editing. Great article Matt,
I would like to see you do a series like this on the psychology of editing.

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