Bay Area Video Coalition

a non-profit media arts center in San Francisco dedicated to making technology availible to "independant mediamakers".

About
The membership based Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC, pronounced "Bay-Vac") offers training and facilities to the Bay Area media community. In addition they have a training program for low-income youth, an archive program to perserve cultural and artistically signifcant audio and videotape, and offer training to other non-profits.

In addition BAVC offers awards, residencies and completion grants to media artists.

Filmmaker Training & Services
BAVC offers a wide range of training, production, post-production, and financial services.

Training
Video classes are offered in the following categories:


 * Video Production
 * Video Post-Production
 * Digital Audio
 * Motion Graphics & Effects

In addition BAVC offers a seminar series (topics have included sound design, screenwriting, and basic Mac skills, among others) and a broader slate of media classes in the fields of graphic design, web design, computer programming, game design, and 3D media arts.

Class size hovers around 8 people for hands on classes, more for seminars.

Fees
Classes begin at around $125 for one day/evening seminars and equipment orientations and reach over $1000 for more intense computer related classes. BAVC's "signature" video production class runs $695 for the one week/two weekend course.

Training Discounts

 * Individual students may "bundle" classes. Two classes taken concurrently recieve a 5% discount. Three of more gets 10%.


 * Nonprofit organizations and BAVC fiscal sponsorees get 10% off all classes. This discount is cannot be combined with the bundling discount.


 * BAVC members receive 5% off each class. This discount can be combined with other discounts, up to 15% total discount per slate of classes.

Services

 * Funding
 * Fiscal Sponsorship- a way of soliciting from sources that traditionally only give to non-profits.
 * Grants- a number of video awards are offered as support to California artists producing video art and noncommercial media.


 * Production Services
 * BAVC Executive Production- a full service production company offering the following services:
 * Documentaries
 * Television series
 * Workforce development videos
 * Training and educational videos
 * Fundraising videos
 * Public service announcements


 * Postproduction Services
 * Editing Suites- specializing in AVID. Audio suites also availible.
 * Closed Captioning & Subtitling-
 * Technical Evaluations- for broadcast, up to PBS standards.
 * Screening Room - seats up to 40 people.
 * DVD & Multimedia- services provided for selected partner organizations, granted projects, and programs edited at BAVC.


 * Preservation & Restoration Services
 * Video Preservation
 * Audio Preservation

Membership
BAVC offers a number of membership levels for both individual and organizations starting at $55/year. All memberships recieve discounts on training and access to services as well as a number of other benefits.

History
Founded in 1976 with seed money from the Rockefeller Foundation, BAVC has grown in the decades since to be a major trainer of artists and producer of independant media projects in the Bay Area.

Location/Contact Information

 * 2727 Mariposa Street, 2nd Floor
 * San Francisco CA 94110
 * Phone: 415.861.3282
 * Fax: 415.861.4316