Videos:
Narmada created the video for The Dark while I created the one for The Rainbow Fish.
Pictures were taken of the pages and inserted into a movie editing program. I used Cyberlink PowerDirector10. Using the same software, I recorded myself reading the book aloud and saved each page as a separate audio file for ease of insertion. Once the voiceover was in place, I added the movement across each picture and the transitions from one page to the next. Finally, I found two free audio tracks to provide background music. One is a recording someone made of a fountain where they placed the microphone underwater. That was from Freesound.org. The second file was the music heard; a track called Stems – Island Music Reprise by Ivan Chew, which was obtained from CCMixter.org. I set the volume level for both the water and music tracks at about 1/4 the level of my speaking voice, for clarity of sound.
I ensured that the images I used were as clear as possible and that the panning and transitions worked well for conveying the story. I included a title page of my own creation with the creative commons attribution license.