[ale] Special effects used while creating a slide show

[Barlow, Jim D]

>> On 2009, Nov, 28, , at 9:00 AM, Richard Bronosky wrote:

>>> What you are looking for is "The Ken Burns Effect".

>> Actually, the effect is called "pan and zoom", and it has
>> been around for as long as there have been motion picture
>> cameras.

> Except that it was virtually unused on static photographs before Ken Burns popularized the process.

A notable pre-Burns use of the technique was the opening and closing of the super epic: "The Great Waldo Pepper" in 1975.

It was used to show deceased barnstorming pilots in the 20s and 30s of the last century.  

I call the technique, as a result, the "George Roy Hill Effect".

> Pan and Zoom is still usually relegated to video, while "Ken Burns Effect" is almost exclusively meant to simulate the Pan and Zoom on static images.

> The differences are subtle, but important in cinematography.

> Cheers,
> Robert~


Jim