What can you find only in SF? Our awesome BAYCAT Youth Media Producers! Here is a sneak peek into Zoom In 24: Only in SF, premiering at the BAYCAT Open House on July 26th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx7SmiYSNI4
The song was produced by the music production class, filmed by our intern Jayraj, and features the youth and the art of the documentary filmmaking class, music video production, and graphic arts. They brought all their talent together to film our intro in one shot! Read More
Set design for Zoom-In 24: Only in San Francisco
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Sneak peak at the Zoom-In 24 opening sequence!
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Theme song for “Zoom In #24: Only in San Francisco”
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
The Music Production track got to hear the song they made for the introduction to Zoom In 24!!
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BAYCAT animation program praised in CineSource Magazine
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
BAYCAT's recent participation in the 2012 ASIFA-SF Animation Screening caught the attention of CineSource Magazine, with special shout-outs to two of our students. Congratulations to all who participated!
Tim Harrington’s students in San Francisco have produced films that are delightful displays of kids’ talents and sensibilities without an overlay of adult influence. Gwydion Brain’s “Build-a-Baby Workshop” was so funny that the audience gave it the evening’s "Excellence in Humor" award. Trevor… Read More
Commercials for the Dogpatch Cafe
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
The documentary youth split into 2 groups to practice their new camera skills at the Dogpatch Cafe. They made two commercials, one targeted for youth, and the second for adults... pretty sweet!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATJ0rRXG8k4&feature=youtu.be
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The BAYCAT Scavenger Hunt
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
This was the first time the documentary youth used the cameras!
This first part of this video was shot on the HDV and T2I DSLR camera, and they learned how sets and crew work during the exercise. The second part was shot on a flip camera - everyone was given a list of images and interviews to film in the BAYCAT space, and here's what we came up with...
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Dolly Exercise
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Yesterday Laura's Music Video Production class got an awesome intro to the dolly! 2 groups split up and took turns doing a dolly move to the Outkast song "Hey Ya" - check out the end result!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tEo1thiA8w&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iImr_JDtSU4
Behind the Scenes footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZAaMZxbpw4&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y40Ov0hKglA&feature=youtu.be… Read More
Behind the Scenes footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZAaMZxbpw4&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y40Ov0hKglA&feature=youtu.be… Read More
BAYCAT Animation at the Exploratorium
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Last Friday, BAYCAT animators had an opportunity to see their work screened alongside that of other students and professionals alike at the ASIFA San Francisco 2012 animation screening at the Exploratorium's McBean Theater. There was an incredible variety of work on display, ranging from sobering historical documentary to… Read More
Summer Media Camp Day 3: Music Video Exercise
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
On the third day of BAYCAT's 2012 Summer Media Camp our youth media producers were asked to imagine, choreograph and perform a music video for Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" in under 45 minutes. They accomplished this amazing feat by forming smaller groups which created puppets, held up signs, acted, danced and covered themselves in written text for various portions of the video. Enjoy!
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Summer Media Camp Day 2: Documentary Exercise
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
During the second day of our Summer Media Camp orientation our young media producers split into three groups to brainstorm ideas for a documentary. Here are some excerpts from their one-on-one interview sessions.
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