Comments on: Short Ken Burns-like video essays about famous historical photos

Short Ken Burns-like video essays about famous historical photos

stbalbach — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:49:44 -0800

Mechanical Icon is a new project by Marshall Poe (previously). It will eventually be 200 short Ken-Burns-like video meditations on famous photographs from history. The first six-minute "Introduction" in particular is very good.

By: steef

steef — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:04:19 -0800

Hey, the intro has a MeFi shoutout! These are loading a lot faster for me on Poe's YouTube channel, if that's helpful to anyone else stuck with a slow connection. The essays are good, but the static pictures are a little dull, despite the fades and zooms and pans. PBS has spoiled me with their fancy-pants parallax effects, which, admittedly, distort the images, but gives them depth and makes them seem more real and inviting.

By: steef

steef — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:12:23 -0800

(Also, we need a HISTORY! tag, like for SCIENCE!)

By: Binliner

Binliner — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:54:30 -0800

I don't know, maybe this is good but can we be certain? Maybe? It is not really clear. Perhaps. Who Knows?