1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a computing device, a plurality of photographs as including a common characteristic and having an image quality above a threshold image quality; performing image analysis on the plurality of photographs, by the computing device, to determine one or more variations in the plurality of photographs; determining, by the computing device, a sequence of the plurality of photographs that creates minimum transformation of at least one of the one or more variations in adjacent photographs; generating, by the computing device, a flipbook media item including the plurality of photographs arranged in the determined sequence; associating, by the computing device, a representative photograph selected among the plurality of photographs as having a highest relative quality, with a visual indicator of the flipbook media item; and associating, by the computing device, one or more interactive control features with the flipbook media item for manually navigating the plurality of photographs.