Importing photos resolution / file size

I am doing what is turning out to be a very long movie (1.5hrs). It contains a lot of imported photos, and I think it is those that has made it such a large file (they were taken on quite a high resolution so the file sizes are around 10 - 17 MB each). The entire project is 13GB and I have not finished it yet. Consequently I haven't enough memory to save a backup, and there is no way it will fit onto a DVD. So, my questions are:
Can I / do I need to reduce the file size of the photos I have already imported? (I have Ken Burns effects on all of them - if I can reduce the file sizes will I lose all this?)
What resolution do your photos need to be for them to be of good enough quality on a movie? (so that if I want to import any more I can bring them across at a lower resolution in the first place)
And finally how on earth am I going to get this project on a disc?! Please treat me gently with this one - I have read some of the previous forum answers and don't understand them
Thanks
Chelle Belle

Please treat me gently with this one ...
good morning, Chellebelle, like some coffee.. ?
'size'/better: resolution ..
a video is by standard ~640x480 pixel... you know, what a pixel is? a tiny dot. lots of dots = a picture.. lots of pictures = a video...
your stills are obviously larger, contain much more pixel. this is useful, when you apply lots of Ken Burns effects... you could lower the res in a pic processor (e.g. iPhoto allows in its Export dialog a 'lowering' or res)... but.. a lot of work, what for...?
size of project ..
video is, by standard, 13GB/h ... no workaround for this... aside: larger harddrives...
just a word about the 'speed' and 'health' of your Mac: make sure, you have allways 10 - 15 GB free on the internal drive (you could use a nice ext. harddrive for iM projects...). going under this recommendation 'brakes' your apps & OS, finally will bring it to a total halt.
size on DVDs ...
when iDVD detects your iM project in the 'Movies' folder (no need to share or send or export, in iM08 Apple axed that mostly useless option...), it will convert it. automatically. so, taadaahh, a ~60GB project (=lots of tape import) magically fits onto a 4.7 dvd-r ... called: converting/encoding...
if any more questions, don't hesitate to post here...
another coffee....?
PS: you get simple, firewire connected harddrives for ~100$ ... a must for the homevideo maker..

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