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Entry: March 5th, 2007

Mix Master Tip: It’s all about the style

“What style should I choose?” - the all too familiar question that folks always ask when they hit the ‘Select a style’ page of their muvee making process. Hence, I figured the best person to answer this is the one who eats and sleeps with them, the Style Director! Her name’s Karen and here are some tips from the guru’s mouth.

Urban:
Get your blood pumping with Urban muveeStyle! We designed it for the adrenalin junkie in you! Oh yeah… Its great for those skateboarding, skydiving, bike racing, break dancing, snowboarding…etc photos/videos that you’ve been collecting! Next, add your favorite song that gets your booty shakin’… and trust me… your muvee is gonna rock the house down. *sizzle sizzle drizzle*

Recommended no. of photos: 30 to 40 photo Recommended amount of video: 5mins

Smoky:
Time to get seriously sentimental with this muveeStyle. Its classy, slow, its black and white, its all about milking the most out of those emotional moments.

Use this style with all of your most sentimental moments, like special birthday parties, weddings, graduation ceremonies… you get the idea…

*Have those hankies on standby. We’re gonna make your mothers weep.

Recommended no. of photos: 15 to 25 photos

Recommended amount of video: 3mins

Recommended music: Try classical music for a change muveeMakers. Mozart or Paganini is an absolute gem with this style.

…to be continued. It’s end day and all forms of witty style descriptions seemed to have eluded her. So yeah..stay tuned.

Updated: March 12th, 2007

Alright, the guru’s back with tips on 3 other styles…

Over-the-Top Music Video
Watch this style! And you’’re an instant music video extraordinaire! Please use and abuse this off-the-wall muveeStyle with its fast cuts and flashes! Fractal effects and fluid transitions!

This style works well with photos, but it works wonders with video! Definitely use music with a fast, solid, thumping beat!

Recommended no. of Photos: 30-40
Recommended amount of video: 5mins

Classic Sepia
Fancy a bit of nostalgia? Wanna make your video look a funky kitsch? Try this style on for size. It makes your muvee all grainy and sepia (just like those movies in the 1950s)! Oh yeah… vaudeville, here we come! Think… Charlie Chaplin folks!

Best to use some clangy piano tunes!
Recommended no. of Photos: 25-30
Recommended amount of video: 3mins or more

Action
It’s contemporary. It’s cool. And it’s stylish. Vertical lines never looked soooo good… J We’ll move your photos… a little over here… and a little over there… spin your videos left and right, and voila! Here’s a slick little muveeStyle for you.

Almost any type of music works with this style… so express yourself! Try a cool jazzy number, some lounge music perhaps? Or is bossa nova more your cuppa tea?

Recommended no. of Photos: 20- 25
Recommended amount of video: 2mins