3 Storytelling Tips from Ken Burns

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May 25th, 2012

The Tony Hawk of the film world just offered you a skate lesson—are you going to hop on and ride? When most think of Ken Burns, they think of that pesky effect in iPhoto that starts zoomed in and zooms out on the image. Now, here’s why you should knock that association right out of your noggin:

Best known for documentaries The Civil War, Jazz and Baseball, Burns took seemingly complex subjects and, unafraid of controversy, explored them deeply.

Now, back to the Tony Hawk reference—we’ve got 3 tips for you on storytelling from Mr. Burns himself, taken from a recent interview in the article below.

3 Lessons in storytelling from Ken Burns [Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog]

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