Watch + Listen Medias
Polaroids (1984)
Polaroids is a short video created by Michael Mages, Linda Wargo, Jeff Hilgert and John Watkins. The video was created many years ago technology that was state-of-the-art at the time. Michael Mages is currently a member of BAVC Media's Board of Directors, and the final editing of credits was done in BAVC Media's Sony editing booth. The preservation of this little clip continues BAVC Media long-standing commitment to serving Bay Area creators and artists! We love it when things come full circle.Â
Time Base Correction – Before and After
This video shows the importance of Time Base Correctors in a video digitization signal chain. The content is being played off of a 1/2" Open Reel video tape using an Sony AV-3650 deck. The image on the right is straight off the deck and the image on the left is after the content has passed through a DPS-290 time base corrector. As you can see, while some artifacts are still visible after time base correction, (minor flagging at the top of the frame, and some dropouts), the stability of the image is vastly improved. This is why we always use [...]
Watch: U-matic Tape Deck Path
Get a upclose look at how a u-matic tape feeds through the deck. A look inside the BAVC Media Preservation studio.
People’s Video Theater – 15th St Squatters Clip
This clip from the People's Video Theater was digitized as part of BAVC Media's Preservation Access Program. It shows squatter's rights activists in New York City in the the 1970s. At the time that we posted this video on youtube the Alameda County Sheriff's department has deployed tanks and armored officers to forcibly evict the #Moms4Housing activists. Let's not let history continue to repeat itself! We stand in solidarity with #Moms4Housing.
Generational Loss THE MOVIE
The year is 1988. You've got a cool videotape. You let your friend make a copy of it. Then their friend makes a copy of that tape. Unlike digital content, analog audio and video loses quality with each generation. Rub-a-dub-dubbing tapes can eventually degrade the image quality to the point where it can barely be recognized! Nowadays we take for granted that digital technology allows us to make as many copies as we want without issue. However, in the analog realm, each new copy means loss of quality and a new set of errors. This is Generational Loss. Watch and [...]
What does BAVC Media Preservation Do?
 BAVC Media Bridges Fellows interview BAVC Media's Preservation team and highlight their daily archival work. As one of the nation’s longest-standing non-profit video and audio preservation organizations, BAVC Media remains a leader in the field, developing the highest quality preservation standards and practices while working with individuals and cultural, academic, and media organizations to meet a range of needs for preserving historically and artistically important video and audio materials.Â
Taking it to the Streets
Taking it to the Streets and BAVC Media Bridges partner on this PSA about the work Taking it to the Streets does for youth on the street in San Francisco.
