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Don’t just consume media, make it. Learn how to tell your own story through video, music, animation, game design and coding using high-quality equipment and software in a supportive, collaborative environment. If you live in San Francisco and are between the ages 14-17, you are eligible to join Next Gen, BAVC’s FREE after school youth program - winner of the 2017 San Francisco Magazine Best After School Program and the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.

Participants of Next Gen will:

Work with award-winning filmmakers, animators, designers, coders, practicing artists, and musicians
Receive unparalleled technical training in a supportive and creative community
Engage in opportunities for professional growth including a field trip, guest speakers, a financial literacy workshop, and meeting professionals in the media arts
Create a project to showcase at the Spring 2019 celebration
Develop a positive sense of self and identity through engagement in projects aligned with community advocacy
Identify best practices in interviewing and resume writing
Earn a $250 stipend in spring 2019 as you apply what you’ve learned to an environmental justice client project (SF Residents ONLY)

Applications for Spring 2019 are now open. Information for the 2019 Summer program will be available in February 2019.

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Schedule

The Next Gen program is a semester-length immersive experience. We encourage and support students attending multiple semesters. BAVC allows a total of five excused absences during the program. Only apply to Next Gen programs if you can commit to the schedule for your desired track (as follows):

Spring Semester Schedule

Spring Semester: February 5 - May 16, 2019

All tracks offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 - 6:30pm

Welcome Night for students and their families: February 5, 2019 for all tracks

Spring Break TBD

End of Year Celebration May 16, 2019

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Beginner Tracks

Audio: BUMP Records

Tuesdays and Thursdays - 4:30-6:30PM

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, and revolutionize the game! No previous experience is required. Youth interested in music, rap, hip-hop, beats, songwriting, and performing are encouraged to apply.

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BUMP Records students in the recording studio

Game Code Design

Tuesdays and Thursdays - 4:30-6:30PM

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 encouraged to take this course.

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Game Code Design students playing with VR

Advanced Tracks

Video Production: The Factory

Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-6:30PM

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 in 2002 but got the name in 2006 when BAVC merged with Youth Sounds.

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Animation

Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-6:30PM

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.

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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I think it’s important for young people to tell their stories, to make a difference in society.

Douglas Chen

Next Gen's The Factory

Everything that I’ve learned about video production has happened here at bavc. Media literacy, media production, and even just learning how to network. It gives younger generations and older generations more of an understanding of what we want and what we need.

Marley Nelson

Next Gen's The Factory