The Beamish Picturebook....

[trailertrash]

I've been pondering this project since returning from a short holiday recently. The subject is Beamish Village Museum in County Durham [England]. Its a living museum with characters, shops, houses and is dedicated to the 1800's. I came back with over 200 images and want to do the show as a picturebook. I've done this short show as an example and would appreciate any feedback as to presentation,sizing,and is the picturebook a good format.

The example is:

6.25meg

10 slides

1:30secs

The problem is since there was nowhere my wheelchair could'nt go, I have a wealth of images and it would be very easy to get carried away. The final show would be for a camera club audience in September.

Thank you for any help given, I do appreciate it.

Andrew.

Show here.

Edit:Thanks to TheDom for the Photocorners

[davegee]

Hi Andrew,

I think that you are on the right track, but I would offer a couple of suggestions:

When uploading to Mediafire ZIP the EXE file?

The book effect seems to be "backwards"? The impression is of the "spine" of the book being on the right hand side and not the more normal left hand side.

Your show ends abruptly on the "CREDITS" title page.

Nice images of a place I visited a few years ago.

DaveG

[fh1805]

Hi Andrew,

I agree with DaveG about the book effect. I think you need to use "Curling of Page - Rolling up from right" to get the proper effect. I would also start with a black slide and a couple of seconds of silence. This gives time for the audience to settle down before the first image appears.

You certainly have some good images of Beamish. If all 200 are of a similar quality I can understand your concerns about getting carried away.

Whatever length of sequence you end up with, I foresee one potential problem. All the transitions are going to be the same type in order to give the picture-book feel that you want to achieve. So I think that you will need to experiment with different durations of transitions and with different durations of the images as well, in order to inject some variation into the pace of the sequence. Any sequence that uses the same transition type at the same duration throughout the show runs a very real risk of coming across as boring in its predictability.

One final thought on the music: I'm not sure that a piece with the feel of American country music is the best choice for this subject matter.

Having said all of that, I have to agree with DaveG: you seem to be heading in the right general direction! Keep up the good work!

regards,

Peter

[Ken Cox]

Andrew

i would not worry at this point as to how long the show is - just keep it at the same speed as you are going

if it is going to be a long show enable manual control so viewers can pause show

it is going to be a great show once you get the pages oriented in the right direction

you must have had a couple Caledonia 80/'s

ken

[trailertrash]

Hi Andrew,

I think that you are on the right track, but I would offer a couple of suggestions:

When uploading to Mediafire ZIP the EXE file?

The book effect seems to be "backwards"? The impression is of the "spine" of the book being on the right hand side and not the more normal left hand side.

Your show ends abruptly on the "CREDITS" title page.

Nice images of a place I visited a few years ago.

DaveG

Hi Dave,

I never gave a thought to the way the page turns!! That's a great point. Thank you.

I will zip the file in Mediafire in future. Is that .Rar or .Zip tho? I have Winrar but not Winzip.

Andrew.

[trailertrash]

Hi Andrew,

I agree with DaveG about the book effect. I think you need to use "Curling of Page - Rolling up from right" to get the proper effect. I would also start with a black slide and a couple of seconds of silence. This gives time for the audience to settle down before the first image appears.

You certainly have some good images of Beamish. If all 200 are of a similar quality I can understand your concerns about getting carried away.

Whatever length of sequence you end up with, I foresee one potential problem. All the transitions are going to be the same type in order to give the picture-book feel that you want to achieve. So I think that you will need to experiment with different durations of transitions and with different durations of the images as well, in order to inject some variation into the pace of the sequence. Any sequence that uses the same transition type at the same duration throughout the show runs a very real risk of coming across as boring in its predictability.

One final thought on the music: I'm not sure that a piece with the feel of American country music is the best choice for this subject matter.

Having said all of that, I have to agree with DaveG: you seem to be heading in the right general direction! Keep up the good work!

regards,

Peter

Hi Peter,

I agree with you entirely. So I think a few masks with some slight zooming or panning is in order. I've been looking at examples all day, and hopefully have a few ideas.

The images are almost straight out of the camera. A small tweak in levels and thats it. Great lens the Canon EOS 28-90 zoom.

I'll definately look at the choice of music again. I dont want to go down the drain on that when everything else is coming together.

Thank you for the help and advice, it's nice to know I can get that kind of support as and when I need it.

Andrew.

[trailertrash]

Andrew

i would not worry at this point as to how long the show is - just keep it at the same speed as you are going

if it is going to be a long show enable manual control so viewers can pause show

it is going to be a great show once you get the pages oriented in the right direction

you must have had a couple Caledonia 80/'s

ken

Hi Ken,

I started out with around 6:30secs, but after reading the handouts I was directed to in another question, I started again. I'm now on v.3

My tipple of choice back in the day was McEwans Export [bottled]. Nowadays I'm forbidded 'cause the last thing you want to see is a drunked Scotsman in a power wheelchair. Does'nt bear thinking about

[Ken Cox]

as long as you have a dedicated assistant/driver, should be ok

ken