Vorkapich

Vorkapich

Notation in Hollywood scripts of the 1930s and 40s indicating a dynamic visual montage sequence wherein time and space are compressed using a variety of editing techniques and camera moves. It was named after the Serbian master montagist Slavko Vorkapich who used kinetic editing, lapse dissolves, tracking shots, creative graphics and optical effects for his own stunning montage sequences for such features as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", "Meet John Doe", "Maytime", "Crime without Passion", "Manhattan Melodrama", "Firefly", and "Manhattan Cocktail". He created, shot, and edited these montages for features at MGM, RKO, and Paramount, popularizing the usage of the term "Vorkapich" in the Hollywood screenplays of the time.

References

*"The Most typical Avant-Garde" James, David - 2005
*"On True Cinema", Babac, Marko - 1998
*"Slavko Vorkapich: Reminiscences" - Davis, Ronald - 1978


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