The Factory is BAVC's advanced video production collective for motivated youth, ages 15-19, in the Oakland Bay Area. In this collaborative program, Factory Producers create professional-quality short films, music videos, and public service announcements. The program emphasizes creative and political expression through a strong visual style. Participants develop their skills as videographer, director, and editor. Youth are encouraged to explore issues important to them through fiction, documentary, and video art. Completed projects are distributed to film festivals, contests, and for broadcast. http://www.bavc.org/factory
The Producers Institute for New Media Technologies is a ten-day residency for eight creative teams (independent producers or public broadcasters) with a shared goal of developing and prototyping a multi-platform project inspired by, or based on a significant documentary project. The intention of the Institute is to develop socially relevant media projects for emerging digital platforms. Producers participate in high-level industry roundtables, intense one-on-one project development with technical mentors, new media storytelling workshops, and hands-on prototyping of their ideas. The participants adapt and develop film, video, and audio content for delivery using a range of interactive formats, including but not limited to video game applications, interactive, web-based experiences, mobile streaming, multi-user communities, and new educational software. http://www.bavc.org/producersinstitute
Why True2Life? True2Life is a unique gathering of industry and government leaders, educators, community service providers and young people. This one-day, special event has been crafted to showcase youth as cultural producers and the Bay Area as a model in linking youth to community and industry change.
Who's coming? Digital industry gurus, educators, government, youth, community organizations, artists, animation pioneers, musicians, funders, and futurists. Be part of the discussion—the entire day will be documented by youth production crews and podcasted to 24 million viewers by PodShow!
BAVC is the nations largest non-profit preservation organization, and we are leading the field in developing preservation standards for the future, and providing hands-on expertise to practitioners as they implement these new standards.
Bay Area Video Coalition, or BAVC (pronounced "bay-vac") is a nonprofit media arts center located in San Francisco, CA. BAVC was launched in 1976 as a way to make emerging video technology accessible to independent mediamakers. Today, with that mission still at its core, BAVC has evolved into a media arts organization that serves public media producers, media artists, media professionals, at-risk youth, and other non-profit organizations.
Bay Area Video Coalition, or BAVC (pronounced "bay-vac") is a nonprofit media arts center located in San Francisco, CA. BAVC was launched in 1976 as a way to make emerging video technology accessible to independent mediamakers. Today, with that mi...
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