Montage Editing

What is the Kuleshov effect?

The Kuleshov effect is a shot of a single long closeup of an actor sitting still without expression or emotion. The essence of the Kuleshov effect is that an individual viewer is 'filling in the blanks', or 'connecting the dots'.
Commonly, according to the Kuleshov theory, the viewer doesn't realize the reaction is in their own mind, and assumes the actor is showing it.
From this experiment, the inventor of Kuleshov concluded that the editing of a film overrode all other aspects of film making, making them irrelevant. Moreover, this conclusion may or may not be true, however, this technique has been used brilliantly by filmmakers such as Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock.

Who is Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein?

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein produced the film editing effect. Other than being a screenwriter and editor, he was a pioneering soviet Russian film director and film theorist; often considered to be the "Father of Montage".
He was born on January 23rd 1898 in Riga, Latvia. And died on February 10th 1948 in Moscow, Russia.

What is montage?

Montage is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to consider space, time and information.

Types of montage:

• Metric montage                  
• Rhythmic montage             
• Tonal montage                   
• Time-transition montage 
• Mood montage
• Impact montage 

"montage can create meaning"