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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.
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 [...]
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.
Brake
An illuminating drive through family obligation, personal stress and having to grow and face responsibility. From frustrated stop lights to emotional phone calls, the protagonist deals with her troubling home life situation despite a natural inclination to avoid it. Tension builds, and she is forced to confront her inescapable reality.Â
The Seated Siren
A teenage girl struggles when she realizes society views her differently than she views herself because of her disability.
Senior Year
A montage of moments from a teenage girl's senior year in high school.
My BAVC Media Moment
BAVC Media inspires social change by empowering media makers to develop and share diverse stories through art, education and technology. BAVC Media has been an advocate for artists and media makers for almost 40 years, supplying the tools, resources, and support they need to tell their stories.
