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Subject: [Leica] Ken Burns misfired - so far
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:57:33 -0700
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So, would you call him an emotivist?
S.d.


On Sep 28, 2009, at 8:55 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> Let me rephrase.
> In response to Mark's comment, "If his stuff is so bad?"
> referring to LUG critics of "The National Parks." Episode One, by  
> Ken Burns:
>
> I did not refer to Episode One as "bad."
> I used the terms "Burns formula," "skimming" and "hyping"
> He uses his successful formula of pace, narration, time-lapse,  
> panning and zooming still images, to tell his story in his way.
> In so doing he adds his point of view (POV) to the body of history  
> on his chosen subject(s).
> I don't see this as necessarily "bad;" but rather as "more."
> He "skims" the archives and builds a new presentation.
> He's very good at what he does.
> His overall approach generally tends to "hype" his chosen subject(s).
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Sep 28, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote:
>
>>> This is just real hard to read, George.
>>
>>
>> Agree, very hard to read. George is your email program formating  
>> your paragraphs vertically instead of horizontally?
>
>
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