How long is this section? More than 5 minutes? Less than 30 seconds?

Why would YOU think it is dull? What makes it dull for you?

Grazie

Thanks for the replies...

This would be something like 1-2 minutes long. As for what I'd think is boring, I've tried simply alternating before/after with crossfades and it seems too predictable after the first two or three sets. I have 6 or 7 before/after pairs to work with.

Was just wondering if someone here might have done something interesting to mix up something like this.

I've always shot the same action from several angles, both far away and close up.

Then when you're editing you can choose the scene so people can see the overall look, and the closeup of what someone is doing.

Have you got any footage from games during the various phases of construction ? You could posibly show a bit of progress via the stills, then 10 seconds of a game at that same stage; then the next bit of construction etc etc.

Psychologically it'd be good if the most dynamic clip could be at the end with construction finished, implying that the effort has made the venue more popular and exciting.

I've done this type of thing on several projects. One of the things I like to do, depending on the audience and the purpose, is to speed up the action. Start with the standard speed with some soft music and narration. Find a spot that lends itself to a change in tempo. I've sped it up and added some of the "circus-type" music. This will take some good judgment as some people may not take it the right away; so be careful. You can also use some epic-sounding music to build tension. In that case you might want to even use some slow motion with blurs between scenes or other changes. The key is to keep this moving and whatever you do don't have fast or slow for long periods of time. I also would not mix them in the middle. However, I would use slow at the end with some fast in the middle. These are just some quick thoughts. I've got to go as my wife is calling me for dinner. Bye.

Get all the pics the same size no 01- 1?? Make sure they are lined exactly, pic a spot and line them up exact for each one

Then take pic 1 and past pic 2 on top in your graphics editor then rub out certain build differences go from left to right and save as a separate pic 3 and 4 and so on from these 2 pics
You can get 6 or 10 pics and so forth so now you have transition pics in between

Now in Vegas dump the pics in sequ. And fiddle with the play back rate “right click properties, playback rate” and it will look like the building is constructing itself from left to right

For serious funky: When you save the pics save them with the transparency as PNG’s and lay them in layers in Vegas in 3d with a 3d parent as the building progress’s slightly turn the parent for that 3d look
I bit of work but worth the effort

Hope this makes sense

edit

fade between pics up or left in whatever direction you want to build

Wow, I had lost track of this thread as I was working on the project and other things. I really appreciate the ideas from everyone; some of these wound up in the project.

Here is a link to what I've done:
http://www.vimeo.com/2469992

All comments are welcome, but I will mention that I'm just a hobbyist who has now officially spent way to much time on this project!

Thanks again...

I liked it. Job well done.
I did notice what to me appeared to be a glitch approx 1:00 into the video where a scene was duplicated, unless this was done on purpose.


Ted

Yeah, that was a (failed) attempt to sync to the music a bit. Took it out and re-added it like 10 times... thanks for mentioning it!