Add still photo with original audio in place

I have an interview with my grandmother that I want to cut away from the DV footage of her talking and show a still image with ken burns effect while the audio continues to play then go back to her talking and still have the audio synced up to her.
In other words, insert an image or video over the original video without touching the audio.
How can I do this in iMovie '08?
Thanks.

In other words, insert an image or video over the original video without touching the audio.
You can easily overlay a photo in iMovie '08 -- you just can't combine it with a Ken Burns Effect.
I have an interview with my grandmother that I want to cut away from the DV footage of her talking and show a still image with ken burns effect while the audio continues to play then go back to her talking and still have the audio synced up to her... How can I do this in iMovie '08?
Only way to do this is to turn off the video clip audio and split the video clip removing a fixed number of frames. You then add a still image sequence with the same number of frames and apply your KBE as desired. Last step is to "extract" (Command-Shift-Drag) the original audio from the original Event clip and pin it to the beginning of your project video clip. As long as the split video + still sequence have the same number of frames as your extracted audio clip, all should be well.

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