For research, I have been trying to think of ways of how stories are told with both images and sound. I tried to think of a music video that successfully does this but have not remembered any yet. Another area I thought about was opening titles for films and tv series. I then remembered that in the opening titles for The Walking Dead (seasons 1 + 2), photos and still images are used with tense music to give the audience an idea of the world the series is set in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuumCteZVBM
The opening titles combine photos with zooms and pans on them as well as moving images too. I like the use of the family photos and simple screen movements from left to right to show the entire image and highlight the most important parts.
I like the foggy, grimy look to the images, suggesting the genre of the programme is horror or a thriller and that something has gone wrong. The shots change with the music – a simple way of tying them both together and making the story flow.
Another I have had is to create a story like the beginning of The Walking Dead. I could combine a group of photos with some uncopyrighted music or sounds to make an opening title for a made-up programme or film.