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BAYMN FEST -- Call for Entries!!

February 1, 2013, 11:20 am • Posted by Matthew Williams
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BAYMN FEST

Call for Entries are now open for BAYMN FEST!

The Bay Area Youth Media Network (BAYMN) is now accepting submissions for BAYMN FEST, its first annual youth media festival, taking place June 1–2, 2013 at the San Francisco Public Library. Youth 12-24 are invited to submit their videos in one of the following categories:

Science, Technology & Innovation
Arts & Expression
Social Justice & Community Engagement
Miscellany

 
BAYMN FEST is an interactive showcase of media produced by youth ages 12–24. Sponsored by Adobe Youth Voices and the AT&T Foundation, this two-day event will be a unique opportunity for youth, educators and the general public to celebrate the work of talented young media makers. Through screenings, workshops, a transmedia gallery and networking opportunities, BAYMN FEST will be a place for young artists to share their work, meet their peers, acquire new tools, make their voices heard—and win cash prizes and media-making tools! All entries will be judged by a mix of youth, media arts educators, and media professionals.

Prizes will be awarded to all filmmakers whose entries are accepted to the Festival. Additional cash awards and media making tools (such as GoPro cameras and Adobe design and editing software) will be presented during the Festival to award winners selected by a jury in each of the above submission categories.

Deadline for submission: April 1, 2013

Included in this post is info on How to Enter, Submission Guidelines, and the Online Entry Form.

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Youth Rise Up at the BAYMN Media Festival

November 8, 2012, 3:51 pm • Posted by Matthew Williams
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photo by Ian Davis

On a beautiful fall Saturday in Oakland, students, educators and families filled the Kaiser Center’s 400-seat theater to watch 20 compelling youth-produced films that focused on social change and the high school dropout crisis.

The Rise to the Occasion Youth Media Festival was organized by KQED, along with other members of the Bay Area Youth Media Network (BAYMN), a consortium of more than 20 non-profits that believe in the power of media production to engage youth voice, self-expression and empowerment as well as to inspire social change.

Films not only expressed the complexity of issues that cause students to dropout of high school, they also explored the topics of health, race, sexual identity and discrimination.

Check out the winning videos below. Please note that each of the video players are playlists that host 3 videos, respectively. To view the other videos in the playlist, click on the text that says "Playlist" on the bottom of the player. A window will slide up and you can see the other videos. Click on one to view.

CATEGORY 1: HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT


 

CATEGORY 2: GENERAL SOCIAL ISSUES


 
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You Are Invited to RISE TO THE OCCASION YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL

September 12, 2012, 8:20 am • Posted by Matthew Williams
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designed by Tammy Hagans

For its first public festival, the Bay Area Youth Media Network (BAYMN) will be showcasing youth-produced videos about social change with two specific categories on The 2012 Presidential Election and The High School Dropout Crisis on Saturday, October 13 at the Kaiser Center in Oakland from 2-5pm. It will be an afternoon dedicated to celebrate the great work of young people. There will be awards for the filmmakers as well as raffle prizes for the audience.

To attend to this event, you must RSVP here -- www.baymnfestival.eventbrite.com

We received over 60 submissions this year from youth in the Bay Area and all over the United States and this festival will showcase the amazing voices of our youth today expressing their concerns for a variety of important issues.

So what constitutes social change you may ask? Youth will be telling about issues that affect people in their community. Issues such as violence, bullying, college access, unemployment, affordable housing, medical care, teen pregnancy, racism, sexism, financial inequity... you get the picture.

Here's a quick preview of one of the youth entries to the festival.

We hope to see you at this year's RISE TO THE OCCASION YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL.

This festival is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and is part of the American Graduate Initiative.

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Youth Voice their Environmental Concerns at the KQED Science Youth Media Festival

July 23, 2012, 8:00 am • Posted by Matthew Williams
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from The Mermaid - A Story about Restoration, Lowell High School

On June 10, the California Academy of Sciences hosted the first annual KQED Science Youth Media Festival. Young filmmakers with their friends and family came from all over the area to participate in a great showcase of over 20 videos about environmental issues. The videos ranged in a variety of environmental issues like air quality, greenhouse gases, water quality, ocean acidification, conservation, food justice, and sustainability. All selected videos were granted iTunes gift cards.

The festival showcased the videos under 5 categories: Water, Air, Food, Sustainability, and Conservation.

The jurors awarded three winning videos in both the high school and middle school age groups. The winners won Apple mobile devices. Below are the winners.

Each of the video players are playlists that host 3 videos, respectively. To view the other videos in the playlist, click on the text that says "Playlist" on the bottom of the player. A window will slide up and you can see the other videos. Click on one to view.


High school winners:


Middle school winners:

Congratulations to all of the accepted entries and winners of the festival. See you next year!

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Oakland Innovation Film Lab – Youth Mobile Media Workshop

July 5, 2012, 10:47 am • Posted by Matthew Williams
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by Robyn Bykofsky

I have been facilitating media literacy and video production workshops with Bay Area youth and educators for over 12 years and the Youth Film Lab was the experience of a lifetime.  It was the first workshop I taught in which teens produced and edited their videos within 4.5 hours and then an hour later screened the videos to a live audience at the Oakland School of the Arts Black Box Theater.
 
How did we accomplish this task? First, we had a talented and motivated group of 14 teens from all over Oakland. Second, TILT (the youth media program at Ninth Street Independent Film Center) and Disposable Film Festival (DFF) crafted an action-packed curriculum that had the teens on the flip cameras right away. Teens were able to express themselves in the hands-on video activity When People See Me. This effective icebreaker allowed the teens to quickly get to know each other and therefore they were ready to jump into a brief discussion about using mobile media for social action and change.

The next hands-on camera activity focused on Media Aesthetics and the importance of framing camera shots, sound and lighting. Teens were broke into teams of two to explore the neighborhood as they practiced different types of camera shot-sizes, angles, and movement.

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Extreme close up of a small object that has big meaning
  • Smooth pan of the street
  • A shot (any size and angle) of a reflection that represents YOU
  • Smooth tilt up to a positive message

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BAYMN Presents Rise to the Occasion Youth Media Festival -- Call for Entries

June 25, 2012, 8:53 am • Posted by Matthew Williams
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Applications are now open for BAYMN's Rise to the Occasion Youth Media Festival, hosted at the Kaiser Center in Oakland on October 13, 2012, 2-5pm.

Deadline for submission: September 10, 2012

For its first public festival, the Bay Area Youth Media Network (BAYMN) is seeking youth-produced videos that tell stories or highlight issues of social change. Two issues of specific interest are:

  1. The 2012 Presidential Election
  2. The High School Dropout Crisis

Prizes will be awarded in both of these categories as well as in the general competition.

So what constitutes social change? Issues that affect people in your community, nationally and globally. Issues such as gang violence, drug abuse, bullying, college access, unemployment, affordable housing, medical care, teen pregnancy, racism, sexism, financial inequity... you get the picture. Any issue that you feel passionate about and want your voice to be heard. We want to hear it. And so do your peers.

We are now accepting submissions from youth ages 12–24 who have made video projects in school, in an after-school program, in a summer program, or independently. The video must be self-contained and able to stand alone (e.g., not a segment of a larger project). Digital media presentations that are not film or video (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) will not be accepted. Projects must be published on a video-hosting site such as YouTube, SchoolTube, or Vimeo. Videos may not exceed 15 minutes and must have been produced AFTER June 1, 2011.

Download our criteria for selecting entries to the Rise to the Occasion Youth Media Festival.

Youth whose entries are accepted to the festival will receive iTunes gift cards. Grand prizes include Apple mobile devices.

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