Ryley—The Next Coppola?

At long last, here is the directorial debut of Ryley Robinson. For the subject of his first film, he chose to document his mom taking her Fried Eggs photo (part of the Truths, Lies and Legends collection). At times serious journalist, at other times comedian, Ryley’s created a gem his children will treasure. My husband, the sound engineer, will no doubt cringe when he hears the audio. But, it would have been cheating to consult a professional.

How Did We Create the QuickTime Movie?
Our dear friends Stephen and Sandy gave us a video camera when Ryley was born. It films onto a tape, but has a cable that you can hook directly to the computer. On a Mac, when you plug up a video camera, iMovie automatically starts up. From there, you simply hit the import video button. iMovie is pretty easy to use. You kind of pick up and drop stuff into a timeline. You can split video into scenes and place transitions between them. The title slides are canned. I wish we could have custom made them, because the one thing we couldn’t include are the stories that actually accompany the Fried Eggs photo. The thing that gave us the most trouble was including the song. You’ve got to be sure to include an aiff file or an mp3 file that isn’t in your iTunes purchased library.

Please let me know if this doesn't play on your computer.

I’m going to figure out how to upload the movie onto YouTube for my next challenge…stay tuned.