Audio/still photos in an iMovie project

Hi, I am working on a project where I will videotape someone speaking. I hope to have some of the project be video of her speaking, as well as still photos and other video included. BUT I would like to have the person speaking the entire time. In other words, she will be sharing a story and at times I will show photos and/or video of what she is talking about. What is the easiest way to do this? Do I just videotape the whole thing and then extract audio and delete clips and put the still photos in where I've deleted clips? Will that work and keep the audio on track when I return to the person speaking? Thanks for your help!!!!

Yep you got it! You can leave the video, just use "paste over at playhead"
Daniel C. Slagle
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