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BUMP Fridays: Cosmoses and Apollo Carter

BUMP Records | Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013

 

By Ian Davis, BUMP Technician and Instructor
 

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Programming begins after 50

Training and Education | Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013

By Mindy Aronoff, Director of Training
 
Life begins at 50 and if you don't believe that, you're short-sheetin' your bed. Things that you've wrestled with for decades seem blissfully manageable. People that drove you nuts have been properly deleted from your Facebook page. You've figured out what makes you happy and you do a lot more of that and a lot less of the things that used to annoy the heck outta you

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Newbie Quiz: Dimitri Moore

General BAVC | Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

We are excited to welcome Dimitri Moore to the BAVC staff as the new Adobe Youth Voices Network Coordinator. Check out his Newbie Quiz to learn more about what makes him tick (spoiler alert: it involves collaboration and bacon!)

1. The story of your life starts out with which 10 words?

It was a dark, quiet night when suddenly a flash . . .

2. What's your astrological sign?

Virgo,

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Gig Union Spotlight: Eric L. Wong

Get A Job | Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

by Mwende Hahesy, Training Strategist

Gig Union connects the Bay Area's community of media and tech entrepreneurs, freelancers and contractors to resources, networking opportunities, and gigs. The Gig Union Spotlight will feature members who're pursing their passion of working independently in the media and tech industries.  First up is Eric L. Wong

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Harmony Institute's roundup from key San Francisco International Film Festival events

Creative Programs and Emerging Tech | Posted on: Thursday, May 09, 2013

By Jen Gilomen, Director of Indpendent Media

The past week was a whirlwind of sharing the Impact Playbook best practices with both documentary and narrative media makers from all over the world at Hot Docs and the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF), which just wrapped for another amazing year. Below are a few key takeaways from SFIFF and their exciting new program

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Newbie Quiz: Rebecca Schultz

General BAVC | Posted on: Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Spring has sprung, pollen love is in the air and we are happy - nay, thrilled - to welcome Rebecca Schultz to the BAVC Staff as our new Director of Development. So beside ourselves with joy, we have inadvertently upheld our longstanding tradition of posting her Newbie Quiz in an untimely manner. So untimely, in fact, that she is no longer n00bing it up but is - in fact - a pro.  The blog gods move in mysterious ways and - since we haven

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CURATEcamp AV Preservation

Media Preservation | Posted on: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

 

On April 19, CURATEcamp AVPres happened under the auspices of the AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) Open Source committee, and all signs point to a successful event. One of the eight physical sites was at BAVC, and we spent about half a day over Google Hangout and IRC chat,

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Recording Live Instruments at BUMP

BUMP Records | Posted on: Friday, April 19, 2013

 

April 12th was an exciting day of firsts at BUMP Records! For a long time it has been a goal of ours to be able to record live drums, but previous facilities and equipment prevented us from doing so. With our current facility and access to equipment, we were able to achieve that goal. 

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Interview: SF Commons Producers Jeremiah Khaleq and Jameel Patterson

Public Access Television | Posted on: Monday, April 15, 2013

We recently caught up with SF Commons producers Jeremiah Khaleq and Jameel Patterson, hosts of Let's Talk Sports, airing on SF Commons on Saturdays at 11AM (Channel 29 on SF Comcast and Astound cable and livestream).

What's your show?
Let's Talk Sports. It'sa bunch of people coming

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Watch: Teacher's Weave

The Factory | Posted on: Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Previously, we took you behind the scenes of the new Factory film, Teacher's Weave. Now, watch the finished product.

An after-school film program gets a crash course in documentary filmmaking when they make a film about their teacher getting her hair done. Made for the 2013 International Documentary Challenge.

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