When cinema began to gain popularity, it was obvious that by connecting two different images, we assumed their relationship. The film simply documents the events that happened. It wasn't until the enterprising pioneers of early cinema took hold that they began to manipulate their audiences into following a story on their own terms and feeling it in those precise stages. Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov, a Soviet filmmaker and film theorist in the 1920s, taught and helped found the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School. He was one of the earliest film theorists and one of the great pioneers of montage, regarded among filmmakers around the world. He is famous for what became known as the Soviet montage. From Kuleshov's point of view, the essence of film editing was the act of placing two things close to each other that contrasted. To demonstrate this principle, he created what we today call the Kuleshov experiment. There is a video of the Kuleshov experiment that is still active on the media sharing site YouTube: the experimental video shows shots of the actor Ivan Mozhukhin, interspersed with various significant elements: a bowl of soup, a dead child in a coffin, a woman lying down. So there were three shots of an expressionless man looking at the camera, and juxtaposed that with three things mentioned (soup, child and women). The actor doesn't see them, they're probably not connected, and frankly, they could have been filmed in separate locations for all we know. It is the audience who voluntarily makes the connection, they assume that it is directly linked somehow in their head while consciously watching, the audience tries to create meaning by combining the two images. .... middle of paper.... ..ry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_montage_theory. [Accessed February 15, 2014].EV KULESHOV | Directors. 2014. LEV KOULECHOV | Directors. [ONLINE] Available at: http://directors-sovietcinema.tumblr.com/post/13422306315/lev-kuleshov. [Accessed February 15, 2014].Lev Kuleshov. 2014. Lev Kuleshov. [ONLINE] Available at: https://mubi.com/cast_members/22859. [Accessed February 15, 2014].Lev Kuleshov and his “effect” “Early & Silent Film. 2014. Lev Kuleshov and his “Early & Silent Film” “effect.” [ONLINE] Available at: http://cinetext.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/lev-kuleshov-and-his/. [Consulted February 15, 2014].Introduction to the cinema - Soviet editing - YouTube. 2014. Introduction to cinema - Soviet montage - YouTube. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsUzglygW_s. [Accessed February 15 2014].