In the beginning of the 20th Century, film was still a very new art form for people to work with, so their ideas and techniques was very basic especially compared to what we can achieve now through this art form. This includes editing which at this time was only considered a profession women would do. All they really knew they should be doing with editing is to cut the film into place together.
In the 1910's Lev Kuleshov, a Soviet filmmaker, was among the first to look into new ways to edit film. Through his experiments and research, Kuleshov discovered that depending on how shots are assembled the audience will attach a specific meaning or emotion to it. In his experiment, Kuleshov cut an actor with shots of three different subjects, a hot plate of soup, a girl in a coffin, and a pretty woman lying in a couch. The footage of the actor was the same expressionless gaze. But what the audience saw was at first he looked hungry, then sad, then lustful, This technique is very basic but still is used today in modern film making and is something I will definitely consider when editing 'Roadman'. If there is any scenes that need clarity with the emotion being portrayed on screen, then I shall include the 'Kuleshov Effect'.
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