WORKSAMPLES

WORK SAMPLES

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Audio/visual Supervisor for richmond ballet:

Since 2006 I have overseen every A/V element of the company, encompassing everything from live sound to video archives, audio recording & editing, creating marketing materials & occasionally composing music for new works.

AN INTERVIEW WITH LEVI MARSMAN
May 2021
All video shot and edited by Dave Watkins
Location sound, editing and mixing by Dave Watkins
Music by Ólafur Arnalds
Video was shown before world premiere performances of Levi's new work: Some Kind Of Peace

ALWAYS A WAY
October 2020
Music composition and production by Dave Watkins
Choreography By Starr Foster
Dancers: Cody Beaton & Trevor Davis
Video edited by Louis Handler

For the last decade I have been the voice of Richmond Ballet. Engineering and voicing the majority of television and radio ads for the company as well as the pre-show speeches that play before every performance.

THE NUTCRACKER TV AD
December 2022
Voice Talent and Audio Engineering by Dave Watkins
Video edited by Louis Handler & PJ Sykes

STUDIO THEATRE PRESHOW SPEECH 2023
Voice Talent and Audio Engineering by Dave Watkins

personal and collaborative AUDIO/Visual works:

I am passionate about making sounds, making things that make sounds, and the confluence of audio and video!
Since graduating from VCU I have had the privilege of collaborating with and creating works for The Valentine Museum, Sound Arts Richmond, 1708 Gallery’s Annual InLight Exhibition, Gallery5, Good Day RVA Video Collective, and Cherub Records. I have engineered albums for notable Richmond touring acts such as Høly River, Dumb Waiter, and Night Idea in addition to handling all audio production elements for my solo music work.

COGNATIVE DISSONACE & MENTAL GYMNASTICS
2020 - 2023
A collage of Improvised processed piano performed and recorded live to video by Dave Watkins in October 2020
Additional video shot by Dave Watkins in January 2022
Audio Mix and Video editing by Dave Watkins in 2023

GOOD DAY RVA PERFORMANCE
2015
A semi improvised live performance with my homemade electric dulcitar and live looping rig that showcases my ability to fluidly develop music ideas that find balance between melody, texture and dynamics.
Video produced by Good Day RVA
Sound By Mitch Clem

INTERSTITIAL TRANSDUCTION
InLight 2012 People's Choice Award Winner
A collaborative project with Nelly Kate to build a public audio visual instrument for 1708 Gallery's annual InLight art exhibition. Combined composition, sound design, animation, physical creation, and then manipulated sound and video live during the event.
Documentary produced by Kontra

YEAR TEN TRIPTYCH
Video Documentation of my projection installation for Gallery 5's ten year anniversary in 2015. The idea was creating a piece that could be appreciated from outside the gallery as much as it was from inside.
All video shot and edited by Dave Watkins
Music By Dave Watkins

IT'S BIRDS!
A 4 channel outdoor sound installation at The Valentine Museum in Summer of 2018 for Sound Arts Richmond. I recorded loops of artificial bird songs and then built 4 birdhouses with speakers in them to hang in the museum's garden and playback the audio from dawn to dusk everyday.
All video shot and edited by Dave Watkins