English Explanatory Dictionary

Kuleshov effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation.

Word forms

Kuleshov effect Kuleshov effects

Etymology

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

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