Project 4, 4th Quarter "Letter to Sarah Part 1"
Letter to Sarah
https://www.insidehook.com/article/movies/the-perfect-ken-burns-coronavirus-binge-watch-plan
Burns, known for his documentaries of historical events, has been a prolific Filmmaker, covering such subjects as the Statue of Liberty (1985), Baseball (1994) and the Vietnam War (2017).
The following excerpt from his highly-acclaimed documentary "The Civil War" has become emblematic of the power of his method of story telling. The scene combines Burns' technique with live film to tell the story of a letter home, written on the eve of battle.
The "scan & pan" effect (formally known as "kinestasis") as Burns used it, became known as the "Ken Burns Effect" and was so popular, it was even built into video editing programs such as iMovie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_effect
Please read the Wikipedia citation and watch the video clip below:
Once you have watched the video clip, answer the questions below and submit your answers to Schoology.
!. Do you think the the "Burns Effect"--scanning, panning and zooming across old photographs--is an effective way to document an historical event?
2. If you believe that it is, what about the technique is effective? If you don't think that it is, what would be a better way to visually present the information?
3. Other than the Narrator's voice, there are moments with background noise and other moments with a musical score. What do you feel is the reason for placing the music where it was placed?
4. Although undoubtably "cleaned up" many of the photographs contain imperfections. Do you feel that this adds to, or detracts from, the success of the scene?
5. Burns included some live footage of a sunset sky in this sequence. Does breaking away from the pan & scan strengthen or weaken the scene (why)?
The following excerpt from his highly-acclaimed documentary "The Civil War" has become emblematic of the power of his method of story telling. The scene combines Burns' technique with live film to tell the story of a letter home, written on the eve of battle.
The "scan & pan" effect (formally known as "kinestasis") as Burns used it, became known as the "Ken Burns Effect" and was so popular, it was even built into video editing programs such as iMovie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_effect
Please read the Wikipedia citation and watch the video clip below:
Once you have watched the video clip, answer the questions below and submit your answers to Schoology.
!. Do you think the the "Burns Effect"--scanning, panning and zooming across old photographs--is an effective way to document an historical event?
2. If you believe that it is, what about the technique is effective? If you don't think that it is, what would be a better way to visually present the information?
3. Other than the Narrator's voice, there are moments with background noise and other moments with a musical score. What do you feel is the reason for placing the music where it was placed?
4. Although undoubtably "cleaned up" many of the photographs contain imperfections. Do you feel that this adds to, or detracts from, the success of the scene?
5. Burns included some live footage of a sunset sky in this sequence. Does breaking away from the pan & scan strengthen or weaken the scene (why)?
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