Skitbooks is mentioned in the Garnier Pure Active feature from Malaya!
They had their pictures taken at a not-your-ordinary photo booth to create the Skitbooks Flipbooks. The series of still pictures are printed on separate sheets of paper, then stacked together. And when flicked through rapidly, they give the impression of moving images.
It’s that time of the year again when the company holds its big event for its employees – whether celebrating the company anniversary, the birthday of a big boss, or even Christmas. As usual, the company wants something to give to guests and employees, giveaways that can also form part of the overall marketing strategy as they get into the hands of the recipient. But simply handing out party favors can be so blah, especially with the usual pens, mugs, or umbrellas – practical, but boring.
Put the entertainment in giving and receiving: make a Skitbooks booth a part of the festivities. Have employees and guests star in their own short video-turned-flipbooks. All it takes is a small area where they can act, and for technicians to set up the video and printing equipment. After recording the action, the technicians will convert the video into a series of pictures which they will print, cut and bind into a flipbook on the spot, for a waiting time of about two minutes!
Skitbooks flipbooks will have guests and employees raring to take their turn to star in their own videos. They can role-play on their own, or join up with others for some improvised acting, complete with their own props. They can even execute some wacky dance steps! With Skitbooks, they can replay the fun in pictures by flicking through their own flipbooks, just like a regular cartoon, but this time with pictures instead of drawings.
Having an awarding ceremony? Make the awardees have that wacky souvenir “moving shot” with that plaque, trophy, or even those thousand-peso bills. Flipbooks can be as personalized as the company would want it. Go for that red carpet feel by having the company logo as background. Skitbooks can also replicate that party backdrop or theme on the book cover for that overall custom-feel.
With Skitbooks, hit not just two but four birds with one stone. Break the ice among the employees, guests and even the big bosses by having them act in groups. It will surely keep the conversation interactive and interesting as they take a look at each other’s books. Owners will also be sure to keep their own flipbooks to look through every now and then, and even show them to other people they know – making it a truly unique marketing tool for the company.
One thing for sure: corporate events need not be stiffly formal and dull. Skitbooks can add a little more uniqueness and creativity to the party by letting the guests have a good time themselves and take home the memory of the fun they had.
Organizing a children’s birthday party can be quite a challenge. To make it easier, parents avail of available party packages to take care of the entertainment for the kids, usually with clowns or mascots, balloon and henna tattoo artists, and bubble shows. But while kids sit in front to enjoy the show, the accompanying adults keep to one side of the room and engage in small talk, walk around the room taking pictures of their kids, or spend the time texting away. So what are parents to do to give the adult guests – and maybe even the kids – an alternative form of wholesome entertainment?
Why not try renting the Skitbooks booth? Skitbooks, the leading party booth entertainment, is also Manila’s leading maker of video to flipbook, a series of still pictures printed on separate sheets of paper that are stacked together and, when flicked through rapidly enough, give the impression of moving images.
Like ordinary photo booths, Skitbooks technicians only need a small section of the room to set up the backdrop, video camera and printing equipment. Guests take turns acting in front of the camera for seven seconds while the video camera rolls away. A computer software then converts the video into a series of still pictures that the technicians print, cut and bind on the spot – in less than two minutes! Personalizing is also a breeze. Customize the available standard covers with a few design tweaks to match the birthday theme. Skitbooks also accepts design-your-own covers for an additional fee.
Adults can bond with each other while having their skits recorded. How about letting the little guests join in some of the action? With videos, every movement is caught, no expression is missed. Half of the fun is watching how everyone wants to star in their own videos and show their creativity by acting out their skits. The other half is when they get ahold of their own flipbooks and watch their pictures come to life simply by flicking through the pages. Kids and adults alike will be awed with the “animation”.
It’s just like hitting two birds with one stone. Skitbooks will surely keep guests entertained during the party, giving adults and kids a chance to interact with each other. They will make for great party giveaways and an amusing conversation piece. People will riffle through them again and again or show them off to everyone else, while recalling or talking about their behind-the-scenes moments. And with Skitbooks flipbooks, reliving those moments is so easy.
For parents, especially first-time ones, children are truly a blessing. The discomfort of carrying that heavy load in the tummy for nine months, keeping up with all the cravings of the mother-to-be, and all those preparation expenses for the birth and the nursery all seem to fly out the window once the first plaintive wail is heard in the delivery room. From that moment, almost every expression and every movement of the baby is gazed at and treasured in the heart. And, in today’s gadget-filled world, captured on film.
However, there are moments that are considered too special and significant that parents want to view again and again – that first crawl or unguided step, that special dance. Sometimes, pictures are too numerous and result in bulky albums. They also do not capture each expression that goes along with the action. Videos, on the other hand, take too much hassle sometimes, or take up too much disk space on your gadget. So why not a “marriage” of the two? Skitbooks makes it possible with its video-to-flipbook service — Skitsy Bitsy Books.
So how does Skitsy Bitsy Books work? Easy. Parents simply send a short video of their baby, and Skitbooks converts the video to a set of pictures that are printed and arranged sequentially and bound into a flipbook that, when flipped through rapidly enough, makes the pictures look like they’re moving. Parents also have the option of bringing their baby to the studio to have the video filmed there. And with the “green screen” option, they can also use another video – moving clouds? bubbles? – or photo as background. They can even dress up their baby or use props to amp up the cuteness. After that, they only have to wait a couple of minutes to have all that action (pre-approved, of course) transformed into a flipbook that they can flick through again and again, to “replay” the action as often as they want. They can have one video converted to one flipbook as a sentimental keepsake, or more videos for more flipbooks if they want to share the memories – and the fun – to other people.
Personalization is a breeze. Parents can have Skitbooks customize the book cover to mark those milestones, or choose from available standard covers, with only a few tweaks to the text or colors. Since parents choose the videos, they can be sure that only their best and most memorable shots will be printed. And, because the photos printed were sourced from a video, every expression is caught in detail.
Skitsy Bitsy Books is a wonderful and innovative way to capture milestones in a child’s young life. Consider it much like an upgraded version of a regular photo album. It would surely be entertaining to preserve the memories of those milestones on video and replaying that video with the flick of a hand. Parents can also take comfort in the fact that when their baby grows up, he will also be awed and amused at how he can watch and relive those moments of his earlier years with the simple flip of a page.
Flipbooks are probably one of the most creative and entertaining ways to view an image. In the earlier days of animation, a cartoonist drew a series of images showing a character’s “movement.” This was done on different sheets of paper that were stacked one on top of the other, with the images precise enough so that when you flipped through them at the right speed, the movement would be smooth or fluid enough.
With the advent of computer animation, the technology of portraying movement became digital. Although animators still use the pen-and-paper method, most movies now “draw” movements using animation software. Flipbooks on paper, though, never really made a total exit. In fact, they are now being used as a way to display and share digital photos. Today’s flipbooks have evolved as a combination of videos and still imagery.
Skitbooks, the latest in party booth entertainment, is one of those who have brought the technology and fun of flipbooks to the Philippines. They are proven to be an amusing addition during events like weddings, company parties, baptismals and birthdays. Technicians only need an area where they can set up a booth, complete with a background screen, video camera and printing equipment. Guests queue up and await their turn to act for seven seconds in front of the camera. A computer software then converts the video into a series of still pictures which the service technicians print, cut and bind into a flipbook, all in a span of two minutes.
Skitbooks flipbooks have distinct advantages compared to still photographs. People sometimes find it awkward or are too self-conscious posing in front of a still camera, but act more naturally in a short video. Still cameras, no matter how fast they take pictures, still have gaps in movements, but videos can catch every nuance, providing for more naturally interesting images. The lighting and angle is more consistent, the action more fluid. People can act alone or in groups, in any manner they want, for the video. They can even dress up or choose their background.
For a truly customized or personal touch, clients can submit their own videos and have them converted into Skitsy Bitsy Books. Clients can make use of standard covers provided by Skitbooks, with a few tweaks on the design, or entirely create their own for a minimum fee.
Skitbooks flipbooks are an innovative and creative way to show off pictures. They can be used as invitations, bridal or party favors, or company tokens. Capturing those short memorable moments would be fun and easier to relive – no need to set up a disc player and a TV to view the “movie,” or lug out a heavy photo album from the shelf. Just whip out a flipbook and flick through the pages. Watching their pictures come to life will surely amuse kids, and bring out the kids in adults.
