. Q and A Scene Construction Relation of film shots to each other The illusion of cause and effect Now that you are aware of the kuleshov experiment, you’ll be more aware of this cause and effect relationship in films. You’ll also notice that it’s hardly as neutral. Think about the following shot sequence for example 1. man standing in front of a light 2. man turns off the light switch 3. man reaching for a bloody knife in the dark You’ll notice in this shot sequence that the editing of the seemingly related footage is trying to create a feeling (don’t forget, there would be music and sound effects as well). Imagine this scene with scary piano music in the background. 1. A women enters the house and says “hello kids… where are you guys?” 2. man standing in another room turns out the light 3. We hear the door close behind the women and she says “kids… are you there?” 4. The man reaches for his bloody knife. In this scene the audience will make certain assumptions. We never actually see the whole picture or get the full story. Here are some assumptions we make as the audience 1. The music makes us realize that this scene is a horror scene, not a comedy or a romance scene. 2. The sound effects of the door closing communicate the concept of a dead end trap 3. When the women asks if her kids are there we assume that they were supposed to be in the house 4. The man reaches for a bloody knife. We as the audience assume that the knife has already been used to murder the women’s children. These are all assumptions we make as the audience. In reality, the kids could be upstairs cleaning and her husband could simply be turning out the light and bringing a bloody knife used to cut steaks he made for the kids to the kitchen sink before going to bed. The filmmaker has intentionally put other elements into the shot sequence (music, effects, scary lighting, props etc) that lead us to believe this is not going to be a romantic scene.   Continue Below... Re-Establishing Shot Bridging Shots Without a Pivot Shot Manipulating Cinematic Geography Exploring Temporal Connections Lev Kuleshov Experiment Constructing Scenes Using Q and A without Dialogue How Much to Feed Your Audience More About Q and A and Cause and Effect Cutting in the Camera Vs. Open Approach       .

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