12th December – Peter Moody How To Produce An AV Presentation

We had a good turnout for Peter Moody's talk about producing AV presentations. Every active member was in attendance at our last meeting of 2024. 

Good AVs are more than just a sequence of photographs accompanied by music. The effective presentation of complementary images in a compelling manner, following the rhythm of relevant and sympathetic music, requires real skill and a good deal of time and attention. Peter uses AV Studio version 10.1 to produce his presentations although version 11 is now available. Peter projected a short AV onto a screen which he had made using photographs of one of CCC's practical evenings with live animals in September. He went on to demonstrate on the screen how he develops an AV from scratch, using the software and music which he had himself selected. There are many ways in which photographs used in AVs can be introduced on screen and combined with preceding images. The impact of changing photographic images can be strongly affected by setting the timing to coincide with changes in the pitch or rhythm of the music. Peter's presentation to us demonstrated that there are a lot of moving parts and many considerations when it comes to producing an impactful and successful AV. However, despite the challenges, a number of us realised that we had photographs of subjects and themes which could be brought to life by AVs. Thanks to Peter, some of us may well be tempted to give it a go! 

Next Thursday will see us getting together for a Christmas Social Evening and our next meeting will be a practical evening with Colin Livingstone on 9th January 2025.

Ray Barnes
Programme Secretary