Editing Ken Burns (section)

==Style==
Burns frequently incorporates simple musical leitmotifs or melodies. For example, ''The Civil War'' features a distinctive violin melody throughout, "[[Ashokan Farewell]]", which was performed for the film by its composer, fiddler [[Jay Ungar]]. One critic noted, "One of the most memorable things about ''The Civil War'' was its haunting, repeated violin melody, whose thin, yearning notes seemed somehow to sum up all the pathos of that great struggle."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/weekly/west2960909.html|title=Shame and Glory: ''The West'' holds a mirror before the double face of a nation|first=Gary|last=Kamiya|work=[[Salon.com]]|date=n.d.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413131926/http://www.salon.com/weekly/west2960909.html|archive-date=April 13, 2009}}</ref>

[[File:Ken Burns effect.ogv|thumb|[[Ken Burns effect]]]]
Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming out subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. It has long been used in film production where it is known as the "[[rostrum camera]]". This technique, possible in many professional and home software applications, is now termed the "[[Ken Burns effect]]" in [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[iPhoto]], [[iMovie]], and [[Final Cut Pro X]] software applications.
Burns stated in a 2009 interview that he initially declined to have his name associated with the software because of his stance to refuse commercial endorsements. However, Apple chief Steve Jobs negotiated to give Burns Apple equipment, which Burns donated to nonprofit organizations.<ref name=Nelson>{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Austin|title=Big Think Interview with Ken Burns|date=December 10, 2009|url=http://bigthink.com/videos/big-think-interview-with-ken-burns|publisher=Big Think|access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref>

As a museum retrospective noted, "His [[PBS]] specials [are] strikingly out of step with the visual pyrotechnics and frenetic pacing of most reality-based TV programming, relying instead on techniques that are literally decades old, although Burns reintegrates these constituent elements into a wholly new and highly complex textual arrangement."<ref name=mobc />

In a 2011 interview, Burns stated that he admires and is influenced by filmmaker [[Errol Morris]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://reason.com/blog/2011/10/03/ken-burns-on-pbs-funding-being|title=Ken Burns on PBS Funding, Being a 'Yellow-Dog Democrat,' & Missing Walter Cronkite|first1=Meredith|last1=Bragg|first2= Nick|last2=Gillespie|date=October 3, 2011|journal=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503155636/http://reason.com/blog/2011/10/03/ken-burns-on-pbs-funding-being|archive-date=May 3, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>