4 Simple Steps to the Ultimate PSP Show....

[Tarafrost Profile Private messageWebsite]

Just follow these steps, and your shows are sure to be remarkable"

1) Tell me a story
2) Engage me
3) Inspire me
4) Enchant me

That's it. Simple eh?

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Mr curmudgeon (aka. Tarafrost, aka. Andrzej)

If only doing it was as simple as the words , but you hit the nail on the head there.

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Mr curmudgeon (aka. Tarafrost, aka. Andrzej)

I resemble that remark!

If only doing it was as simple as the words

Yup...the concept is pretty simple, though getting there is not that easy.

[nannybear Profile Private messageWebsite]

Aye and therein lies the rub.........

[Tarafrost Profile Private messageWebsite]

A rub from the nannybear in the hottub would not go amiss!

Though it may be challenging, keeping the 4 precepts in mind and practicing trying to achieve them for your target audience is worth the effort, IMO.

[DickK Profile Private messageWebsite]

I'd agree those are important for sure. But I think that of the four, #1 is the most important and consistently needed.

I don't feel like my always need to inspire or enchant (tho' it's a worthy goal ) but they do need to tell the story I want. That's the key for me--what is the story? what helps the story? what gets in the way of the story?

Dick

[Pauline]

Hi Andrzej

Can we expect to see a series of tutorials based on your wisdom and experience anytime soon?

[debngar Profile Private message]

I agree with Dick that #1 is the most important. Without that, there is little need to bother adding special features of ProShow because it just becomes a plain vanilla slideshow of one photo after the other, often without rhyme or reason to the mix. It helps to have a beginning, middle and end. Otherwise, it's not much different than watching the old family film slides with the family slide projector on a screen. We all know what that was like! LOL

My favorite slideshows are ones that have a story line of some sort. The ones of mine that I feel have a weak beginning and/or ending are not as much my favorites. When you figure out a good start and end, most often the rest of the show seems to click into place.

Debbie G.

[Tarafrost Profile Private messageWebsite]

Can we expect to see a series of tutorials based on your wisdom and experience anytime soon?

I did post a tutorial on how Manual vs Auto works. Wish I had time for more, but I don't have near enough hours in the day to work on the projects that are on my to do list, let alone the honeydo list.

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Can we expect to see a series of tutorials based on your wisdom and experience anytime soon?

I did post a tutorial on how Manual vs Auto works. Wish I had time for more, but I don't have near enough hours in the day to work on the projects that are on my to do list, let alone the honeydo list.

You have your priorities wrong -- it is
"don't have near enough hours in the day that are on the honeydo list let alone my to do list"

mikey

[Tarafrost Profile Private messageWebsite]

You have your priorities wrong -- it is
"don't have near enough hours in the day that are on the honeydo list let alone my to do list"

You been talkin' to my wife again Mikey?

[jtfrazer]

Hi Andrzej,

I would add an item to your list: "The photos tell the story".

I see a lot of shows where the focus seems to be on the fancy things you can do with the PSP features. I find myself watching the motions, fades, etc. and I lose track of what the pictures should be telling me.

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Very true. That is one of the first things you see people do when they start
working with video editing -- they take it as a challenge to use all 153 different
transitions in a video. It often comes up here too - typically, you will only
need to use a small number of effects - the crossfade for example can often
be used for the majority of the slides. I was watching a program last night
and they were talking about some of the early camera work (like with
Humphry Boggart's movies) and the comment was made that the best job
of camera work/effects/editing results in it being invisible. It does not
detract in any way from the story and does not attract attention to itself.
If the person watching is noticing the effects, in general you have overdone
them - they should be a seamless part of the story. My explanation is not
as good as theirs, but you get my point.

mikey

[VidQueen Profile Private messageWebsite]

Just follow these steps, and your shows are sure to be remarkable"

1) Tell me a story
2) Engage me
3) Inspire me
4) Enchant me

How about these steps?

1. Tell me how this works?!
2. Show me
3. Help me
4. Medicate me

Those have been my "remarkable" production philosophies for years

Jennifer

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