In the film "Old Boy" at about 13:33, a scene begins with a close up of the protagonist's hand. He is tattoing a tally mark into his skin. There is a cut to the corner of his bed where he puts the needle back. Another cut to him digging into a wall with a metal chopstick. This is a series of cuts is related to his daily routine and shows the viewers how his life is with the juxtaposition of the images. The next few cuts are an example of the Kuleshov effect. There is a close up shot of his hand with some tally marks tattooed onto it, then there is a cut to a close up shot of him digging into a wall, another cut to his hand with more tally marks, and then a cut to the hole in the wall that is now evidently much deeper. Having the images put together, the viewer can assume that over the years that the hole in the wall gets deeper. In this last portion of the scene, there is a cut to a wide shot the other side of the hole. The protagonist's head emerges from the hole thi...
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