Longer Shows

Ok fine, you say to keep these things short but what happens if I have more images than what will fit in a 10-15 minute show?

The answer is to break it up into segments no longer than 10-15 minutes.  This gives the viewer flexibility to watch parts they have time for and to come back to finish watching later if need be.

Suppose a show is designed as one, forty-five minute segment.  All of a sudden, the viewer’s kid throws up all over their brother due to having the flu and has to stop watching the show in the middle of it to clean up the mess.  If the show is in one segment, the viewer has to start the show all over again in order to view the part they haven’t seen yet.  That takes up time.

If a show of that length is designed in three shorter parts with the option of playing all the way through or being able to select one part at a time to view, this gives a person options to better manage their viewing time.

Decisions, decisions….

Which images do I leave in a show and which do I leave out?

Make some sense of your selections, their order and how many you choose to use in the show.  Unless some lesser quality images are vital to the story,  you don’t need to include every single image, just keep the best ones.  This helps keep the show on the shorter side and less likely to put your audience to sleep!