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Ken Burns Effect
  • March (of the Docs) Madness 2015
    Legends, stirring storylines and passionate fans are a few of the commonalities between college basketball and documentary filmmaking. 32 documentary symbols go head to head in our March Madness tournament. Vote now!
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 15, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Ken Burns on “The Ken Burns Effect” (and the 8 Effects He Actually Uses)
    "I have saved millions of bar mitzvahs and weddings and vacations," say Burns, whose seven-part series, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, begins Sunday on PBS.
    Tom Roston 3 min read September 12, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • It's Time to Remove the Stigma That Follows Ken Burns
    I did a deep dive into Burns's work, and I began to realize that a no-holds-barred appreciation of the greatness of his work is due.
    Tom Roston 7 min read September 4, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Ken Burns on the “Ken Burns Effect”
    Ask anyone what they think of when you mention his name, and they'll refer to the Ken Burns Effect, that technique he employs in all his films whereby the camera pans over sideways and then zooms in.
    Adam Schartoff 1 min read November 14, 2012 Documentary News Comments