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Bay Area Video Coalition, or BAVC (pronounced “bay-vac”), is a nonprofit media arts center that was founded in 1976 by a coalition of media makers and activists who wanted to find alternative, civic-minded applications for a new technology - PortaPak video. While the technology has continued to evolve, BAVC’s mission to bring increased cultural and economic participation to underserved communities through media, and our belief that telling compelling stories is powerful for both media maker and audience, remains.

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BAVC Blog

by Angelo Sacerdote, TIMA Manager and Preservation Specialist

Recently I had the opportunity to try out an HDTV, one of those fancy new giant things that everyone is supposed to be buying now. Not having a Blu-Ray player available, I gravitated to the next best thing, my computer. Using iTunes I found some trailers in HD. These files, encoded in H.264, are stunning even though they have a bit rate of only about 5 mbps (compared with Blu-Ray, which can play video at 40 mbps). I knew you could rent movies on your computer through Apple's ITunes store, so I thought maybe I could rent an HD movie the same way.

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Have you ever been working on a project and gotten to a place where you NEED the insight and thoughts of other creative and engaged people to help you get some clarity, context, and inspiration?

That's what 5x10 for BAVC mediamakers is all about.

BAVC Members are invited to submit up to 10 minutes of an original media work-in-progress: digital films and videos, interactive websites or social networking sites, audio projects, podcasts, mobisodes - whatever you are working on and would like to present to an audience of peers and experts. In one dynamic and exciting evening, we will screen the work of 5 selected mediamakers, and you'll get targeted feedback from other 5x10 participants, BAVC staff, and special guests.