Feb
15
2010
Choosing Photos, and Music for Your Montage
Author: AlexPicture this: Your daughter (who from here out is going to be called Cindy.) is graduating this year, and you want to have a montage ready for her upcoming graduation party. You call Generation-X Albums, order your montage, and then start searching for photos. While searching for photos to put in your montage, you find a photograph of your daughter’s favorite pet. You think “Oh, Cindy loves this cat, I better add this to the montage.”
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Although we at Generation-X Albums will certainly make your montage however you want, in my experience, if a photograph does not have the topic of the montage in it, why add it? All this does is confuse people, and break the flow of the montage. You can add as many effects, and cool transitions to a montage that you want, but in reality, the most important thing about a montage is the photographs. Making good photographic choices will make your montage much better. If you really want something in the montage, try to find a photo of that thing with the topic in the photo. (In other words, find a photo of Cindy, and her favorite cat together.) You could even request that Generation-X Albums modifies a photo of Cindy to make it look like her pet is in the photo.
Now that you have your photos chosen, it’s time to think of what songs you want in Cindy’s montage. Suddenly, you remember that Cindy’s favorite song is Master of Puppets by Metallica. (Apparently, Cindy is quite the metal-head.) You Immediately write it down, to be played for the montage.
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Once again, although we at Generation-X Albums will certainly make your montage however you want, but Master of Puppets is probably not the best choice for a Graduation montage. Although you should pick music that Cindy does know, and enjoy, try to find music that matches the feel of the montage. Listen closely to the lyrics of the songs, too. There are several songs that sound like one thing, but in reality is singing about something totally different. For example, take Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of your Life),” Its chorus says “I hope you had the time of your life,” and although you may think that as a sincere statement, listening to the rest of the song makes it quite clear that Green Day was very sarcastic in this song, and the song is, in fact, very negative.
In conclusion, always think about what you’re adding to the montage, and ask yourself “should I put this in the montage?” If you ever need advice on choosing your photos, and songs, you can always ask us at Generation-X Albums. We can help you.
