AUDIO - VISUAL  The material presented, by Alan Boothman, is a mix of Competition Standard AVs, and those produced purely for personal interest. 

Most of the AVs were created in PicturesToExe, and have then been converted to mp4 for playing, at reduced quality, via Vimeo or YouTube.  Many of these have been entered in regional, national, and international festivals.  Some have been successful in gaining various awards.

THE TIGER IN AUSTIN  Records two old men's happy night out in 2023, at a live concert by Tom Jones, captured on smartphone in Austin Texas, the leading city for music in the USA                                                                  Duration 3 mins 20 secs.

THE TRIBUTES  An Audio Visual presentation featuring some of the many tribute bands who cover the music of Pink Floyd.  Duration 5 mins 40 secs. 

THE OXFORD DETECTIVES  Author, Colin Dexter, created the fictional detective to be known as Morse.  All the action was based in and around the city of Oxford, and the books led to a trio of very successful TV series.  The photography includes many of the locations used, whilst the soundtrack mixes classical music, from the series, with commentary regarding the characters and their activities.  Duration 8 mins 20 secs.

ALTER EGO  Throughout the lives of many people, they are torn between multiple interests, and the activities involved may demonstrate widely different personalities within that same person.  Sometimes the split personality is only short lived, but others experience a lifelong duality.  This story concerns one such person, who is exposed to the environment of Cambridge and its’ University where both the most leading edge technology and deeply studied music co-exist and can present a dilemma to a personality drawn to both those worlds.    Duration 6 mins 58 secs. 

IN SEARCH OF THE BLUES 2017  Originally dating back  to the early "naughties", this is a rebuild of some of the material obtained, updated with more recent performances, and intended to capture some of the atmosphere associated with the live performance of Electric Blues music and other creative genres.  The clips were recorded in many Bars and Clubs in the USA, travelling a number of times to cities between Chicago and New Orleans.  The material obtained comprises still Images, some taken on an early Canon PowerShot S30 Digital pocket Camera, plus a small number of Video and live Audio Clips taken with cameras or portable recorders.  Duration 6 mins 29 secs.

CONNECTING  A montage of musicians and their music.  A blend of images of musicians, showing their common expression of desire to connect with their audience in many venues, both intimate and in concert.  The musicians are shown to a sound montage, a seamless music track of individual instrumental and vocal clips and phrases, to a single composition.  Duration 6 mins 05 secs.

DREAMING  A creative AV, of the mind. “I sit for hours, in a chair inside my head”.  Merging my past with a fantasy, to the words and the scenery of Lorna Doone.  Experiencing change, whilst dreaming things as they were. Wishing for a nightmare that is better than my reality. “A lie is more real, than the truth of my life.  Duration 7 mins 00 secs.

SEARCHING  Searching for something – but where am I going? – memories - eternal peace of mind.  Duration 5 mins 55 secs.

YEARNING  All my favourite music is haunting and in the minor key.  The more it tears at my heart, the more I feel elevated.  The Armenian Duduk, when heard first time, was therefore a natural for me.  Also, with my electronic background, I have always been aware of the haunting sound of the Theremin, which is played by making gestures in the air.  When you run these two instruments together it is sometimes difficult to tell them apart.  My overall emotion, whilst listening to both these instruments, is one of Yearning.  Following on from my past one word AV titles of Connecting, Searching, and Dreaming, I therefore took on the challenge of adding images to the emotion of Yearning.    Duration 4 mins 56 secs.

A TUDOR ROMP  Henry Eighth relives his life of Jousting and feasting, reflecting on the execution of two of his wives, and his stealing of funds from the ransacking of the monasteries.  CrazyTalk Animator processing of Photoshop images adds further animation to PicturesToExe.    Duration 3 mins 15 secs. 

TIMES ARE CHANGING  An English village church building, commenced in 520AD, shown in medieval times and the sixteenth century, with its popularity in the mid twentieth century, and its current extended use in entertaining  the community with contemporary music performances.    Duration 4 mins 08 secs.

IMAGES FROM THE PAST  A visit to the Madame Toussaud’s waxworks in London and a crumbling mansion called Barrington Court in Somerset, gave the material for creating a number of Composite images, combining the often poorly lit Waxwork material with the Somerset location, to become a photo-harmony AV using more Tomita music.  3m 20s

MY MUSIC LAB  A musical creation of the well known standard, Summertime, made in "My Music Lab".  Duration 3 mins 21 secs. 

CAROLINE DIGBY - PRATTE  An AV interpretation of the comedy song, Caroline Diggeby-Pratte, by performer Jake Thackray.  Duration 3 mins 06 secs.

SONGBIRD  An AV created from shots of a singer and band at the Salcombe music festival, to the music of Eva Cassidy.   Duration 3 mins 21 secs.

A TOMITA APPRECIATION  An Audio-Visual sequence, performed as a free improvisation on virtual VST instruments – i.e. instrument sounds created in software, triggered from a midi keyboard.  The sound is accompanied by images downloaded from NASA.  The AV celebrates the synthesizer sounds of the late Isao Tomita, including phrases from his interpretations of the classics  Clair De Lune and Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun.  The beauty of the NASA Hubble telescope images match the emotional sounds of the Master.  

IN-SHORE POWER BOAT RACING USA  This AV covers In-Shore, Outboard motor, Power Boat Racing where the speeds are generally 120mph in something like a motor-sport Oval.  It is dangerous, but very much appeals to me, and is shot in a river estuary close to Galveston, Tx.  5m 39s

NOVAK's YEAR  The year is 2011, when four players became dominant in men’s tennis. However, the season opened with a win for Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open, followed by a record breaking run of 43 matches, and wins at Wimbledon and the US Open. The season is shown in this audio-visual presentation using still images and video at the key events.  Duration 9 mins 25 secs.

EIGHT SECONDS  A portrayal of the attitudes of rodeo bull riders, and the accompanying action.  Opens with the pageantry as depicted in a mural in a Texas rodeo town, and the usual horse drawn parade. The fictional riders express their thoughts.  Cody Lee West follows a family tradition of bull riding, whilst Todd Wilson and Scott Young talk of the excitement and danger that attracts them during the eight seconds they try to stay mounted.  Duration 6 mins 31 secs.

RACING THE OVAL  Another early AV, which attempts to convey the atmosphere of Nascar motor racing. Duration 3 mins 20 secs.

KAIBAB  A 2024 HD remake of a Photo-Harmony AV, attempting to illustrate the scale, weather, ravines and colours of the Grand Canyon.      6m 03s

THE ART OF AV  An introduction to the content and making of Audio Visual Presentations by Alan Boothman DPAGB (AV), AFIAP.  Duration 4 mins 56 secs.

THE ART OF AV - AUDIO  A short Audio-Visual with some hints on audio preparation for AV sequences.  Duration 2 mins 58 secs.