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Right: the cover
image of Willem
Oets' hauntingly
beautiful 'Gypsy
Wife' set to the
music of his
friend Leonard Left: Ken Woods
Cohen. Enjoy with one of the
the AV at www. many awards
willemoets.com/ his AV work has
gypsy-wife. earned him.

CTPS AV-Group enjoys inspiring

first meeting of 2025

Ken Woods inspired and entertained members by showing a
selection of diverse AVs at the first AV-Group meeting of the year.

All CTPS members are welcome to attend the next meeting at the
end of March, whether they are AV-makers or just supporters.

The idea of making an AV is often a daunting prospect of Frankenstein, with historical images from the internet
for stills photographers. It can, however, be very reward- and photos from Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein in
ing. You don't have to aim to produce an Oscar-winning Bath. It is a complex production that includes voice nar-
short film, you can start with simple, small, steps, advises ration and text.
CTPS AV-convenor Ken Woods. Two AVs by South Africa's creative master, Willem Oets,
He recommends that you start by, for example, putting were equally awe-inspiring. Far away is a complex AV
the images of your last trip in sequence and adding featuring faded and in focus images of a woman and
some music to show it to friends and family. Gypsy Wife, the sad, beautifully romantic, tale of the un-
"An AV is an ideal way of using all the images on your controllable wife described in Leonard Cohen's song.
computer that you might otherwise discard," he told the On a lighter note, Ken showed John Arseniou's award-
dozen people who attended an AV Zoom meeting in winning Old Bottles. John, who was present at the meet-
January. ing, explained how and why he made the AV after a
Lack of time is a common reason why photographers family trip to a museum where he photographed all the
from across the world don't produce AVs. Ken spoke to bottles. He then searched for bottle music to accompany
several overseas AV groups and all confirm that there is the moving bottles.
nowadays limited interest in making AVs and that there Mary Valley Scarecrow Festival by former CTPS member
are just a handful of active participants in several of the Ingrid Gane, who now lives in New Zealand, was made
groups. after a trip to a scarecrow festival.
But, as the January meeting of the AV-group demon- Two AVs by Ken Woods, Day into night and Transitions in
strated, you don't have to be an AV producer to enjoy Glass displayed his skill as photographer and ability to
a good show. And, who knows, some of the spectators create an appealing AV by introducing appropriate mu-
might just be inspired to become participants. sic. For the latter one he photographed ornaments in his
Inspiring is indeed a good adjective to describe the wide garage against a black background, using perspex for
variety of AVs Ken showed the group. reflections.
He started by showing Monsters by veteran UK AV-maker Please be on the alert for the date of the next meeting
Howard Bagshaw, in which he told the of the creation and the Zoom link in a Snapshot.

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