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Guest Blog: When art imitates life

Membership | Posted on: Thursday, January 19, 2012

By Kate Schermerhorn, BAVC fiscal sponsoree and director of After Happily Ever After

After six years of work and the craziest emotional rollercoaster of my life, After Happily Ever After, my documentary film about modern marriage, is now making its way to audiences (some of whom have been thoughtful enough to send me un-requested relationship advice).

I shot the

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Guest Blog: The Interactivists

Producers Institute for New Media Technologies | Posted on: Thursday, January 19, 2012

BAVC is incredibly proud of our  Producers Institute for New Media Technologies alumni at this year’s Sundance Film Festival:

• Hank Willis-Thomas and Chris Johnson with Question Bridge
• Macky Alston, Sandy Itkoff, Jeannine Caunt and Susan Reed with

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Guest Blog: Save the date for a screening of BAVC member doc The Last Crop

Membership | Posted on: Tuesday, January 17, 2012

By Chuck Schultz, BAVC fiscal sponsoree and producer of The Last Crop

It has been a cold, dry winter in California. But unlike most of the nation, Californians are still able to enjoy the a hearty citrus crop and fresh greens that can be found at local farmers markets, food co-ops, or in CSA boxes.  For this, California is the envy of much of the nation.  So, why the need for organizations such as

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BAVC is proud to partner with NTEN

Membership | Posted on: Friday, January 13, 2012

BAVC is proud to partner with the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) to provide BAVC members special discounted rates on NTEN membership. NTEN is the member organization for nonprofit and technology professionals who put technology to work for good causes.

NTEN membership means:

  •     Access to a network of peers and experts tackling nonprofit technology issues
  •     Free Ask-the-Expert sessions
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Mwende Says: This is the Year to Make It Happen

Get A Job | Posted on: Monday, January 09, 2012

by Mwende Hahesy, Enrollment Advisor

We’re a few weeks into January.  It’s just about that time when the willpower to transform into better versions of ourselves starts to waver.

If you’d resolved to be a jack-of-all-trades design/video/digital media wunderkind in 2012, you can still make it happen at BAVC!

So you want to build a website for your new company but HTML/CSS scares you?  Not to

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BAVC’s Audio Preservation Program is back!

Media Preservation | Posted on: Monday, January 09, 2012

by Moriah Ulinskas, Director of Preservation

After a brief hiatus, BAVC’s audio preservation program is back in action.  Established with a generous grant from Pamela and Richard Kramlich's New Art Trust, the audio preservation center boasts a Pro Tools LE editing system with two OTARI ¼” open-reel audio decks and a professional TASCAM audio cassette player, as well as a BOW 532 tape cleaning machine.

This past Fall we

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Basic Mixing 101 pt. 3 - EQ and Frequency

Technical Training | Posted on: Friday, December 16, 2011

Frequency, Amplitude and EQ 

Today we will be learning some fundamental elements of sound. 

First of all, what is sound? Sound is vibration that we detect with our ears. When we hear sound, we detect different Frequencies.

When looking at a sound wave, the frequency of the wave describes how frequent the wave cycle is.

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SF Commons New Program Hours!

Public Access Television | Posted on: Wednesday, December 14, 2011

You've asked for them and now they're here! Starting January 1st, 2012, SF Commons will offer more accessible evening and weekend program hours for producers. Edit suites, equipment checkout, ingest stations, and our other tools and services will be made available more when you need them, on evenings and weekends. In addition to this, we will have more Saturday workshops and community events. Check out our new program hours below:

Starting January 1st, 2012

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Youth Filmmaking Workshop @ BAVC

The Factory | Posted on: Monday, December 12, 2011

Last Wednesday thirty intrepid students gathered at the Bay Area Video Coalition’s facility to partake in a Young Filmmaker’s Workshop put on by BAVC and Alternatives in Action. The goal of the four-hour training intensive was to help students further develop their storytelling skills and to make them aware of one of the most prestigious screening opportunities for youth filmmakers: AIA's annual

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Mwende Says: Stop Procrastinating! Your Portfolio Will Open Doors in 2012!

Get A Job | Posted on: Monday, December 12, 2011

by Mwende Hahesy, BAVC Enrollment Advisor

You gotta have goals for 2012. If one of your goals is to get a job (or get a better job) in video, design, or the digital media world, the one thing that will have you standing out from the crowd is a solid portfolio. Employers tell us that the portfolio is the single most determining factor in whether they will even give a candidate an interview!

Take Casimir Fornalski. We met him pretty much straight

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