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Intro To Soldering and Troubleshooting for AV Archivists
Replacing electronic components can be a tricky task, but if you have the tools, training, and some practice it can be done by almost anyone! As usual, the best way to get good at something is to do it with some guidance. BAVC Media has created this video workshop to walk through the process of soldering a simple PCB kit. The kit we used is a "xr2206 function generator" that can be purchased for under $15 from various online vendors. During this workshop, you'll learn how to solder and remove electrical components, how to test electrical components, and the basics [...]
Smile and the Whole World Smiles With You…
...Except when you’re wearing a facemask. Like now, where it’s all Mad Max out there. Neighbors have morphed into strangers and people’s inscrutable expressions are concealed behind makeshift or store-bought protection, no one daring to look each other in the eye in case we’re doing something wrong. And on top of all that, 3 million of us in Cali lost our jobs. Deep anxiety? Check. Unfathomable consequences literally out of nowhere? Check. Government stepping up with a safety net? Like the t-shirt says, no one is coming. It’s up to us. I attended a Zoom thing hosted by [...]
Online learning doesn’t have to be lonely and boring
Are you an in-person learner? Me too. I like to focus on the instructor, get all my questions answered and see what everyone else is making. Plus? Spy on the competition, er, meet new people. Sometimes it’s hard to give up a whole weekend, though, and that’s why I’m excited about BAVC Media’s new flipped training. Here’s how it works. Our instructors are taking their core information and condensing it into short, to-the-point nuggets of golden wisdom in the form of video episodes, which will be available to you. Grasp the info on your own time, at your own speed. [...]
Learn DaVinci Resolve Color Correction at BAVC Media with David Santamaria
BAVC Media has partnered with Black Magic Design to teach DaVinci Resolve Intro and DaVinci Resolve Color Correction as part of our video and audio postproduction offerings. BAVC Media Instructor, David Santamaria, sat down with Mindy Aronoff from BAVC Media to discuss why DaVinci Resolve is such an important tool. Check out our upcoming DaVinci Resolve Color Correction class on February 15th & 16th or April 26th & 27th and DaVinci Resolve: Introduction on March 8th & 9th! Why is Black Magic Design so hot right now? Black Magic has gotten involved with every aspect of filmmaking. DaVinci Resolve, their postproduction software, has no equal right [...]
A Big BAVC Media Thank You
We’d like to take a moment to thank all the companies who have opened their doors to our students and participants this year. From career panels, mock interviews, field trips, work project hosting, informational interviewing, resume feedback, we are so grateful for your support and hundreds of students have benefitted from your generosity. 4SP Creative AdRoll Carol H. Williams Advertising Citizen Film Cloudera CREDO Mobile DesignMap Dropbox Electronic Frontier Foundation Fyusion Goodby Silverstein & Partners Google Hearst Bay Area HubSpot Internet Archive KQED Lawrence Livermore NERSC labs Mekanism Muh-tay-zik| Hof-fer New Relic Okta Pereira & O'dell Pinterest Planet Labs Salesforce [...]
If you hate networking, these five tips are for you
If you’re reading this, you’ve definitely heard this frustrating job search advice: “it’s all about who you know.” You also know that going out and meeting people at mixers, coffees, and informational interviews can give you a huge leg up in applying to jobs. That’s all good and well, but there’s one crucial snag: you’re an introvert. Listen, I get it. You’re the kind of person who isn’t afraid to spend time alone - in fact, a lot of the time, you’d even prefer it. You love when your partner goes out of town, and do a jig anytime someone [...]
Meet BAVC Media Student Danielle Bezalel!
Meet BAVC Media Student Danielle Bezalel!
Danielle Bezalel graduated from UC Berkeley (go bears!) in 2014 with a degree in Film and Media and a minor in Education. She's passionate about making media that matters, singing on stage with her band Happnstance, eating lots of chocolate, traveling the world, getting fit, and cracking jokes with her 18 year old brother. Email her at daniellebezalel@gmail.com to hear more about her story and to get involved with Sex Ed with DB!
From Freelance to Google, Video Production Pros Break it Down
September’s Tech Talk Tuesday featured Cleave Frink, Jr. Production Manager and Liz Cabrera, Producer of the Google Developer Studio, video production arm of the Google Engineering team. They gave us a glimpse into how they arrived to their current roles, advice on how to build a career in video production, and how different business settings can influence the types of roles available. And while both Cleave and Liz confirmed that the current video production market is competitive, especially in the corporate realm, demand continues to grow based on how the global population consumes media. So don’t give up! You [...]
You want a job? Start acting like a baby.
People think about job search success in terms of the outcome—landing a job. At BAVC Media, we love when our clients get jobs, but we think their success is defined not by what happens at the end of the search but how clients get there. Anyone who has been through a job search knows the process rarely goes smoothly. In retrospect, the process can look haphazard and chaotic—a series of ups and downs that really only make sense when clients reflect back on the experience. But it can feel confounding and unnerving when they’re in it. The ups might look [...]
Always be learning
Meet Diane Presler. Visual Designer and BAVC Media Instructor, she brings passion, spirit, and her expert knowledge to courses ranging from InDesign to HTML, and our newest offering Sketch. What does teaching mean for your practice? Over the years, how have you navigated your place in the design world? Teaching is how I have navigated my place in the design world. Teaching helped me survive the constant change in the design world. I have embraced change by making my job to study it. And the social aspects of teaching empower me every day. I learn from my students every [...]
