Kuleshov Effect

     The Kuleshov effect is when you take a the shot of a character making one expression like smiling, then you cut to what it areas they are looking at like a dog. A person smiling at a dog is not unsual but if you put in a coffin with the same shot of the person smiling it changes how you view that character, now they are creepy or weird. Alfred Hitchcock was amazing at using this in his films. Rear Window usually is the film thought of most where Hitchcock uses Kuleshov effect. He has us the audience POV looking into peoples lives from a balcony. Hitchcock could manipulate the audience it whatever manner he wanted. Jimmy Stewart was interviewed saying he does not remember playing the role the way Hitchcock later depicted it on screen. That could mean either he does not remember correctly or Hitchcock manipulated the screens so well to give the viewer the film he saw it to be fit. Thats what is so great about being able to edit film.