The Kuleshov Effect

Lev Kulseshov was a Russian filmmaker and leader in the Soviet montage theory. He believed that placing two clips next to each other, no matter of what they are, the time they are from and the action can work to create different meanings.

To expand his point further, he created what is now known as the Kuleshov Effect. In this, he placed footage of a man stood looking at something, seemingly expressionless, alongside clips of a bowl of soup, a baby and a woman.

He believes that the audience is left believing that the man's expression has a meaning as a result, such as hunger and the soup, even though he is exactly the same in all of the clips.