{"id":4575,"date":"2016-08-11T15:42:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2024-01-11T07:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T07:53:40","slug":"kuleshov-effect-or-how-an-editor-shapes-and-strengthens-an-actors-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/kuleshov-effect-or-how-an-editor-shapes-and-strengthens-an-actors-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kuleshov Effect or How an Editor Shapes and Strengthens an Actor’s Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps no one, not even the actor, is more responsible for how a performance takes shape than the editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure, the actor has to deliver the goods during production, and it’s part of the director’s job to shape that performance in rehearsals and onset. But ultimately, all of that hard work is just raw material, waiting to be sculpted into its final form by the editor. This is not a new concept. In his\u00a01910s and 1920s experiments<\/a>, Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov proved that when watching a sequence of images, viewers attribute their own emotional reactions to the actor. Unsurprisingly. this has become known as the Kuleshov effect.<\/p>\n

And of course, this is what the audience eventually sees. Not any of that raw material, but small pieces of it, carefully curated and constructed into one cohesive performance.<\/p>\n

For those of you curious about what exactly an editor does to make a performance shine, our friend Sven Pape of\u00a0This Guy Edits<\/a>\u00a0(one of the\u00a0best damn YouTube channels around<\/a>\u00a0for learning the art and craft of film editing), has a great video for you. Check it out:<\/p>\n

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