I have always admired the work of Ken Burns - his documentary films take archival material and truly bring them to life, from still photos, drawings and maps he adds music, evocative narration and truly brings history to life... from his PBS Film projects The Civil War to Baseball and his recent series The National Parks he has created truly captivating pieces of art on the screen. I was thrilled to learn this morning about an interview with Ken Burns on the website 'Bit Think'. There is a longer 43-minute interview and a nicely edited short version that is . Here is the 6-minute version where Ken Burns gives us a sense of his film-making process, he shares how Apple came to retain the name on their 'Ken Burns Effect'. Important for all of us who work with video & film to understand this master of the screen...in the interview he points out that Documentary Film Making is like Making Maple Syrup (Ken lives in New Hampshire and apparently does make syrup). It takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup... that's pretty much what documentary film-making is for me. It's about 40 to 1 shooting ratio" (Forty hours of film footage ends up being edited down to 1 hour of final film). via bigthink.com If you would like to view the entire 43-minute interview with Ken Burns - visit Think Big on this page:
Big Think Interview with Ken Burns
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