Abstract: A method of producing a performance in an enclosure including: providing an audio and video system for recording the performance, providing a computer system for displaying a performance backdrop on a chroma key screen, and providing a transmitter for sending the recording to a selected location outside the enclosure for personal use or submission to friends, family, or an authorized contest. The method further includes minimizing perspective distortion and subject distortion on the recording, and providing a final recording that presents the illusion that the individual is located in an area larger than the enclosure in which the performance was produced.

Abstract: A method for providing a portal for an individual to access a web site for establishing personal relationships. The method includes the step of providing a portal booth to photograph the individual while the individual is in said booth to produce a photographic record of the individual, correlate selected demographic data about the individual with said photographic record, and transmit the photographic record and demographic data to the web site. The method also includes the step of correlating the photographic record and demographic data with an account for the individual at the web site such that other individuals can access the web site and the account to view at least said photographic record of said individual.

Abstract: A method to conduct a broadcast interview by producing in an area of restricted size in a realistic manner while minimizing perspective distortion and subject distortion a recording of an individual that produces the illusion that the individual is located in a larger area.

Abstract: A method to produce in an area of restricted size in a realistic manner while minimizing perspective distortion and subject distortion a recording of an individual that produces the illusion that the individual is located in a larger area.

Abstract: A studio booth is configured to produce the illusion that a customer is being photographed at a different locale remote from the studio booth. The studio booth includes an interior with a front wall, a rear wall, side walls extending between said front wall and rear wall, a floor, and a ceiling. The studio booth also includes an audio and video recorder to record at least one performance thereby making a recorded performance in the booth.