Etymology

Kuleshov effect

Today it means: A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation. Full definition →

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Demonstrated by Soviet film-maker Lev Kuleshov in the 1910s and 1920s.

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