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The Ken Burns effect is a type of panning and zooming effect used in film and video production from non-consecutive still images. The name derives from extensive use of the technique by American documentarian Ken Burns .
Ken Burns effect Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming out subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. It has long been used in film production where it is known as the " rostrum camera ".
Narrated by David McCullough, the documentary features use of photographs, paintings, and film from sessions of Congress, in its implementation of the Ken Burns Effect. Scenes from the Academy Award-winning Frank Capra film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington are also used.
Jason Cochran of WalletPop.com was honored to sit down with Ken Burns, a master storyteller and historian who has contributed immeasurably to our collective understanding of our country's past ...
Ken Burns and his team typically tackle expansive topics: The Civil War.National Parks. Baseball. Country music. But sometimes he does embrace singular historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson ...
In The War, Ken Burns does away with his traditional overview mode of storytelling in exchange for a zoomed-in look at World War II through the lenses of four small towns and the folks who resided ...
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Ken Burns' new PBS documentary "The American Buffalo," premiering Monday, tells the story of how our national mammal was on the brink of extinction until humans evolved and saved them.