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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: The Ken Burns Effect
Description: In 2002, filmmaker Ken Burns received an intriguing proposition from Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. He wanted Burns’ signature filming style to be inserted into the video editing software of every Macintosh computer. He would call it ‘the Ken Burns effect.’Burns first shot to fame in 1981, when his documentary Brooklyn Bridge was nominated for an Academy Award.He is perhaps best known for his 1990 documentary series The Civil War, which was watched by more than 40 million Americans when it debuted on PBS, becoming one of the most watched documentaries of all time.In the time s...