The Soviets, especially Vertov and Eisenstein, included superimposition in
the montage techniques.
''In *Eisenstein's* words, the *superimposition* of distinct visual and
audio effects doubles up the power of each component, thus squaring the
final impact.''
*Eisenstein* at 100: A
And which, of course, gets transmuted into the famous Vorkapic (or vorkapich)
sequences in Hollywood films like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Meet John
Doe.
On Apr 21, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Francisco Torres
fjtorre...@gmail.commailto:fjtorre...@gmail.com wrote:
The Soviets, especially Vertov
Dear Franworkers,
I appeal to your expertise on superposition as editing practice. As an artist,
I’m working on an installation project which calls me to set up a taxonomy of
superposition in the field of moving images (film, video, digital moving
images). I would very much appreciate your
