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Lev Kuleshov and the history of dramatic film editing.
burbanked.com - 11/13/2007
Lev Kuleshov and the history of dramatic film editing.
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I thought we’d take a little educational detour here today on Burbanked and talk about the history of dramatic film editing. Long, long ago, many decades before Michael Bay ever hyper-edited a 6-minute shot into 48 component pieces, there lived a Russian filmmaker named Lev Kuleshov who had a revolutionary idea about film editing: that [...]

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Editing Theory 101 W/Dramatic Chipmunk. Clip of the Day (sort of)
SpoutBlog — ... ways but not in ways that might attract creepy middle-aged guys.” Alan at Burbanked answered this challenge by inserting the Chipmunk into a lesson on Lev Kuleshov’s Montage Effect. Kuleshov, a contemporary of Eisenstein, argued that shot order matters because each image in a film is imbued with meaning by the image that comes before it. So suddenly, the chipmunk’s drama makes sense–-”It’s as if that piping hot soup is just outside his reach.” More here. ...

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LAZY EYE THEATRE — ... which I think I single-handedly drove into the ground. Twice with the 8 Things Meme by My New Plaid Pants and Culture Snob. The posts are here and here. And I was honored to be tagged not once but twice with the Thinking Bloggers Award by Damian at Windmills Of My Mind and J.D. at Joe's Movie Corner. And I attempted to start a Meme of my own which received the participation of The Rec, Final Girl and Burbanked, but then died a most horrible death. In addition, I have had the honor to post on ...