Thousands of stills

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I'm trying do decide what to do with thousands of still pics I've collected and shot of performers (magicians, jugglers, muses, sword swallowers, etc). I've even got 7 or 8 rolls of undeveloped 35mm film of the same stuff.

Seems I could incorporate them into a video of sorts but I think making a movie of stills is rather goofy. Yet, the history channel does it all the time since footage didn't exist before the late 1800's. They happily move their cam across a still with VO and/or music on their way to the next pic.

So, any ideas of how to do something cool with all these stills? Seems a waste to do a slideshow but I'd like a video format. I've a small budget. Perhap a little artwork on the side? Pop-up video with jokes? Run thru them all 3 frames at a time for 20 minutes and drive everyone nuts? Display them sideways so the viewer gets a cramp in their neck?

Suggestions? :dankk2:
 
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By itself, it's not enough to be interesting. But as pictures to accompany VO interviews with performers with interesting stories to tell, it could be great.
 
thx...oncam interviews are really boring but I see what you mean...just the VO...with a funny story perhaps
looking now at an comedy angle...maybe funny jokes in a balloon coming from their mouth
I think the keyword is funny...maybe 50 performers per clip


still open to ideas...thx
 
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The problem is, these horrible interviews are so dry and uninteresting, it would be hard to hold the viewers interest. I've asked for funny stories before and nobody had any. :violin:
However, while driving home today, I realized I could write comedy interviews myself that would be hilarious and blow the others away then record them with the voices I do.

With 200 questions I've collected, no interview will be the same. I should be able to finally put all these stills to good use. :Drogar-Evil(DBG):
 
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Ok, if you're creating fake interviews, the other advantage you have is that you can write questions and answrs that fit a particular sequence of photos, which will hlp a lot with the storytelling. Just don't try to use every photo... :)
 
interesting...
so select the photos I'm going to use then write the comedy interview around it
don't use every photo so the story doesn't exactly fit what's onscreen?
thanks
 
Yes, be selective - no one wants to see every photo you've taken, any more than anyone wants to watch Uncle Ken's three hour slide show. Entertain your audience.
 
oh...that's the idea...to show most of these stills in a entertaining comedic way

I'll have to start writing the interviews to be around 4 minutes.
I'm thinking about 50 pics per interview.
That's about 5 seconds a still...

I just found 3 more rolls of 35mm film that needs to be developed on top of the 8 I already have
That's probably around 2000 stills...I'll have to count
Maybe I can just display some of them on my site...

Just too many stills!
 
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5 seconds is a long time to look at a still, I'd think no more than 2 seconds for the average still, maybe more if there's something particulalry fascinating about it, or only 1 second if it's just part of a sequence and not especially interesting in itself.

But seriously, if your major aim is just to show off your stills (as opposed to making a film and a story around them) then a website slideshow would be a lot easier - many photo-sharing sites like Photobucket actually have slideshow creation functions.
 
I think you're probably right....5 seconds is too long...I could show 100 stills for 2.5 seconds in the same amount of time...and have fun mixing them up on the timeline

Not worried about displaying stills. I've 12 handcoded sites...

Thx
 
Are they printed or are they digital? If they are printed you could do something with them physically like send them on a journey.
 
While I'm making several short movies using the stills, I've stuck them into a folder. Now I can at least display them thru a flash slideshow on my site. Then, as I need more stills for more movies, simply remove them from the display folder.

The creativity comes in writing the comedy interviews, doing the voices, and adding some background music in the distance....

Looks to me to be about 10-15 shorts...that's a lot of comedy interview writing...perhaps that's what I need suggestions with
 
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