Did you get the help you were looking for SunWarrior?
If so then gr8; when can we see the results?
If not, then here are a few simple ideas you can use to do the video yourself...
1. If you're gonna use stills, and there's no reason why you shouldn't, you'll need loads of them. Not just any old pictures either, you'll want to choose them carefully because you're gonna be telling a visual story with them. They all need to say 'something' when viewed together.
2. You'll need video editing software that uses markers and that can (I don't know the name for it) zoom in and out, move up, down and sideways, and generally giggle the pictures about.
3. Pull your tune onto the time line and 'listen to it'; really listen; with your eyes closed if necessary. Every time you 'feel' a significant musical event, drop a marker. They can be on the beat, off the beat, responding to the ebb and flow of your piece. Feel the music.
4. Place a picture on every marker. They can be butt edged or overlapped, whatever you feel is right. Try to tell a story with the pictures.
5. Once you've got the order right, Go through each picture and use the (still don't know what its called) features of your editor to zoom into significant parts of the pictures or pan across them. Let them move significantly or barely at all. Mix it up. Go with the feel.
If you do this with sensitivity and passion, your 4/5 mins of stills will not be an eyesore. Neither will they be still.
It has been done before, but hey, if it works, it works.
Rgds
Edit: Am I allowed to make posts like this when I clearly know nothing? Just tryin' to help buddy.
Last edited by Badger; 05-12-2008 at 08:46 PM.
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