Audio-Visual Presentations

AVs can be documentaries, travelogues, stories, or indeed anything the author wishes.  We were treated to a fine variety of genres, subjects, and approaches.

• “Isambard Kingdom Brunel” by Martin Wood. This had originally been put together as a slide show many years ago when Martin was doing his A-Levels.  It came in two parts.  Part 1 “A Giant of the Land” covered Brunel’s railway engineering and Part 2 “The Giant of the Waves” dealt with his nautical engineering.
• “The Red Shoes” by David and Carol Gillow. This was a love story featuring their son and daughter-in-law (Andrew and Kerri Ann) who also wrote and performed the musical soundtrack.  It won three awards at a 2008 international AV competition in Cirencester as well as awards in France, Australia, and South Africa.
• “Metamorphosis” by Mike Kitchingman, who warned us “it’s weird, I have no idea what it’s about”.
• “Words on Paper and Stone” by David Manning was a poignant memorial to his Uncle Peter (Flying Officer Peter Manning DFC) who was a pilot in a Pathfinder squadron in World War Two and was killed in 1943 at just 21 years old.
• “Stratford on Avon” by David Gillow took an amusingly quirky look at the attractions of William Shakespeare’s birthplace.
• “The Traveller” by Mike Kitchingman. With a very atmospheric soundtrack featuring the music of Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, and a mysterious voiceover from Mike himself, this was an intriguing look at the old and new Coventry Cathedrals.
• “The Farm, A Time of Change” by Roger Gage. This monochrome AV told the story of events on a farm and in the local town in the run up to the outbreak of World War Two.  As the harvest is brought in the farm owner expresses his fears for the future of the small community which the farm helps to support.  In 2019 this came second in the annual East Anglian AV Competition and was awarded a PAGB Silver Medal.
• “Slow Journey” by David Manning. This was a story of lost love in Venice which David described as “anti-romantic”.
• “The Bear” by David Gillow was a delightful tale of the losing and finding of a little girl’s treasured teddy. It featured Dave’s granddaughter.
• “Street Life” by David Manning was an evocative representation of Funchal (Madeira) by day and by night. It featured the music of guitarist Antonio Forcione.