Bay Area Video Coalition
San Francisco, California, United States
http://www.bavc.org

Your Digital Family Tree

Recording, sharing and preserving family stories In this course designed for the entire family, learn a variety of different techniques for creating a vibrant, digital family tree. From digitally recording video and audio stories, to creating a family website, to preserving home movie footage, this seminar will open up a myriad of creative options for families to create lasting memories wit......
 

Some of the first experiments in video art include conceptual and feminist performances recorded on video, experiments with the video signal, and ’guerilla’ documentaries representing a counter-cultural view of the historical events beginning in the 1960’s. This seminar is a survey of a radically redefined television experience that is centered on the innovative, the feminist, th......
 

Introducing an overview of essential works, movements, and debates, this class addresses the use of video in artistic production since the mid-60s. The course covers single-channel videos and video installations, as well as their relationship to experimental film and other artistic movements....
 

Picking up where the first part of the series left off, this class covers the emergence of video in the 70s and the rise of independent voices up through the present. It provides an in-depth look at a proliferation of documentary voices, examining guerrilla video, the point-of-view documentary, the documentary of dissent, and the historical compilation as sub-genres. With a look at the present ......
 

The non-fiction film has served as prophet, reporter, historian, promoter, discoverer, and agitator. This two-evening survey course will examine the history of the documentary and its changing role in our culture. Using examples from films and videos from Lumiere to Burns, we will explore major trends in documentary style and tradition, including the newsreel, the coming of sound film, the ethn......
 

Telling Personal Stories for a Theatrical Market Documentaries have hit the mainstream; nonfiction film projects are hot commodities in the Hollywood marketplace. From Spellbound to Supersize Me, Rivers and Tides to Fog of War, Winged Migration to Shelter Dogs, this seminar will examine docs that have attained commercial success and examine strategies in nonfiction storytelling that can hel......
 

The Newest Internet Tools for Parents, Grandparents and Kids The Internet is a wonderful educational tool, but finding the best sites is time consuming. No matter your age or your level of expertise, technology changes so fast, we all need somewhere to lookup technical jargon and obscure acronyms. Knowing how to use a search engine and follow hyperlinks is not the same as knowing how to use......
 

Narrative Filmmaking with New Technologies The Bay Area is a known hotbed of documentary filmmaking, but there are many emerging visual media artists working in short formats, ready to embark on their first narrative feature. The emergence of digital standard def, HD formats and NLE systems have changed the way movies are envisioned, shot, cut and distributed. This seminar will address the ......
 

This three-hour seminar examines the choices producers make about what to shoot and what to include in the final cut. Example segments from a documentary produced by the instructor will be used to examine issues such as selecting a topic, focusing on that topic, structuring the topic in pre-production and production, and ethical considerations. This course is most appropriate for those who have......
 

This intensive two-day hands-on workshop explores the role of the producer/director during the pre-production, production, and postproduction stages. Students collaborate on a real-world project to: create a proposal, plan the production, create budgets and time schedules, develop directing techniques, and practice visualizing the project on paper. This class teaches you how to see the whole pr......
 

There is nothing more exciting than composing your first webpage and seeing the counter tick over as people visit and leave comments in your guestbook..." A website is your link to community, family and friends; a creative art project and a personal journey. This hands-on seminar will give you the ability to design and implement your own website with images and text. ...
 

From Third Age to Senior Net to Wired Seniors, there are so many resources for Seniors all over the web. This seminar offers common sense explanations of how to get around with ease, how to search effectively for what you need, how to navigate the sites you find, how to find reliable information, and how to form communities with like-minded people....
 

Learn the basics of the very popular Adobe Photoshop. This seminar introduces image manipulation tools, resolution and color, scanning, and prepping your pictures for print and the web. Bring some of your favorite photographs to work with in class and create a personalized digital scrapbook!...
 

DEMO REELS 101: a 3-class series presented by BAVC and Film Arts Foundation: Conceiving Your Demo Reel Creating Your Demo Reel Maximizing Your Demo Reel MAXIMIZING YOUR DEMO REEL You¡¯ve built and burned a classy, pro demo reel that shows prospective clients and employers the full range of your creative vision and ability. Now what should you do? MAXIMIZING YOUR DEMO REEL offers s......
 

Explore innovative applications for digital images and interactivity in an installation or live performance venue. Taught by an established installation media artist, this class helps you envision a new landscape for your digital images, new ways to explore subjectivity, alternative exhibition models for your video and audio projects....
 

BAVC, Film Arts and CustomFlix presents: The Complete Independent Movie Marketing Workshop by Mark Steven Bosko. Based on the book, this seminar will outline All the Skills, Techniques and Moxie You’ll Need to Promote, Distribute and Sell Your Film or Video. Mark helps independent filmmakers across the county that are looking for information on how to market, distribute, and find audienc......
 

Recommended: Video Production Gearing up to shoot your next socially responsible doc? This three-hour seminar outlines the must-haves you need to get your story under challenging shooting circumstances. Clips from films such as A Place Called Chiapas, We’re Not Stopping Traffic We Are Traffic and Out of the Poison Tree will help facilitate discussions around what works and what doesn......
 

If you have a great idea for a film, have watched a lot of movies, or have always wanted to try to write a screenplay, this seminar is for you. It will help get you on the road to a disciplined and professional approach to writing that script. You’ll learn about screenwriting style, three-act structure and plot points, developing authentic characters and perfecting the screenplay format. A......
 

Will Smith, Guy Ritchie, and Oscar nominees Queen Latifah and Quentin Tarantino have all attended this lecture seminar. In it, you will learn how to produce, write, finance, direct and/or distribute a feature film. In over 20 hours in one intensive weekend with Dov S-S Simens, discover how to take your idea, procure a script, budget and schedule it, hire talent and crew, rent equipment, s......
 

An open panel discussion with arts advocacy organizations, this event will be a primer for doc makers who want to explore alternative uses for their media projects in collaboration with nonprofit community organizations. Talk to representatives from Active Voice, ITVS, Center for Investigative Reporting and others, whose work has enabled artists to reach marginalized audiences in new and provoc......
 

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