Funeral slide show.. links or suggestions please..

kk5551 wrote on 9/3/2004, 2:17 PM

Hi all,
I always have appreciated the advice and knowledge that all on this board have provided me. A hobbiest to say the least, but I love to create and have fun on the weekends. I have been asked by my brother in law to make a slide show for his father who just past away's funeral (viewing). I have been given a large stack of stills that the family selected and am looking for suggestions or links to other works you have seen that will help me to put something fitting together..

Thanks for your suggestions..

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Spot|DSE wrote on 9/3/2004, 2:24 PM

I'd get:
Neon (Veggas tools and training.com
Free Aspect Ratio script vasst.com/login.htm
Match Slideshow to Markers script vasst.com/login.htm

And use those to build a slideshow in literally just a few minutes.

ScottW wrote on 9/3/2004, 2:36 PM

Here's a couple of things to think about (that I picked up from a WEVA seminar on this very topic):

1) How long do you want it to be? If you figure 5-7 seconds per photo, you can start getting an idea of how many photo's you'll want to use. I would try to avoid going longer than 10 minutes. 5 minutes is probably better, but it really depends.

2) Stay away from fancy transitions. Usually a simple dissolve from one photo to the next is going to be the best.

3) Music sets the mood. Work with the family to determine if they want something reflective, somber, up-beat, whatever.

4) Make sure they have appropriate equipment for viewing; especially if this is going to take place at a funeral home.

5) How do they want the photo's organized? Chronological, or something else?

6) If the end product is a DVD, set it up to loop. If it's VHS, put 5 or 6 copies on the tape so that it can play repeatedly without having to frequently rewind.

7) Find out how many copies they want, and be prepared to take orders for additional copies (whether you charge for additional copies or give them away is entirely up to you - at the very least you should charge for your media costs).

--Scott

4110 wrote on 9/3/2004, 2:41 PM

Use pan/crop to create movement and focus attention.

Cunhambebe wrote on 9/3/2004, 2:58 PM

Yeah, this is the best solution for that as 4110 has remarked......Just use pan and crop to simulate camera movement ;)

kk5551 wrote on 9/4/2004, 7:54 AM

Thank you all for your responses.. Very Helpful!!

Spot|DSE wrote on 9/4/2004, 8:22 AM

Hence my suggestion for Neon, because it has an automated pan/crop image movement tool.