Helping young media makers tell their own stories.
Mondays and Wednesdays - 4:30-7PM
Learn audio engineering, digital recording and mixing techniques. In BUMP you will develop your own music projects for BAVC’s in-house record label, BUMP Records, and get hands-on experience in producing, packaging, and promoting the recordings. Express yourself, tell your story, revolutionize the game! No previous experience is required. Youth interested in music, rap, hip-hop, beats, song-writing, and performing are encouraged to apply.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-7PM
Create short films that inspire social change. Come and learn a wide array of video production techniques using high quality equipment and software, such as DSLR cameras and Adobe editing programs. You will build vital leadership and media literacy skills while gaining hands-on production experience and becoming well versed in the art of filmmaking. Self-expression and creativity are emphasized along with social responsibility. No experience necessary.
Mondays and Wednesdays - 4:30-7PM
Starting with 2D games and the basic building blocks of code; then moving into web design, sound, and interactive coding, and finally, working as a mock game design studio, you will create 3D and Virtual Reality games with complex character design and advanced programming. Learn about persons of color and women who contributed to history of computers, and discuss current events in programming and gaming that are relevant to social justice. No programming, design or gaming experience is required. Youth interested in graphic design and animation, coding, and puzzles are also encouraged to take this course.
Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-7PM Learn to create short videos for wide audiences for national and international film festivals, showcases and online digital distribution. Through advanced storytelling techniques using DSLR cameras, creative cinematography techniques, unsynced audio, and more advanced post-production, participant filmmakers will create fiction, non-fiction documentaries, music videos, experiment pieces and public service announcements. Filmmakers are encouraged to explore issues important to them while also making videos that touch on issues of social justice. The Factory is a prestigious program that began roughly in 2002 but got the name in 2006 when BAVC merged with Youth Sounds. Recommended experience: Previous work in video or animation recommended, video editing experience required, and/or enrollment in BAVC Next Reel Life or Social Media for Social Justice class.
Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-7PM
Participants with an interest in visual art and animation will learn essential techniques for studying and creating motion. Explore a number of different techniques that range from traditional frame animation, to modern applications in motion graphics and video game sprites. Then bring your imagination to life through individual projects and collaborative exercises. No previous animation experience required; drawing skills beneficial but not needed for techniques such as digital motion graphics.
Recommended experience: Past experience with drawing and sketching is helpful but not required. An interest in animation, motion-graphics, or 2D games is required
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