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Campers Get Techie 04 Youth Media Camp Update August Workshops 07
Legacy of WWII 09 VPS Dept. works with UT
SDLFF 2013 Poster 10 Competition Call for Entries Cinema en tu Idioma 11 August 3-9
California Grant Workshop 12 Orchids & Onions Nomination 13 Youth Media Bootcamp 14 Mobile Stories 16
MACSD Video Production Team shooting for the San Diego Foundation at their annual meeting at the Torrey Pines Glider Port
Campers Get Techie
Kids at MACSD’s Youth Media & Tech Camp learn new kinds of media.
MACSD’s
newest instructor, Evan Apodaca is encouraging campers to look at existing media around them in a different way: through familiar computer games, video editing techniques, and file formats. Campers have been working on how to manipulate hardware, bend circuits, and edit source code. For one project, a group of campers built and modified circuits from old toys that generate sound. In addition to simply documenting the process, the campers recorded the sound from the circuits, converted them into a computer recognizable format, modifed them with a digital synthesizing software and then created a video in response to the audio. In another movie, campers were able to parody excisting video games using greenscreen, a multi-channel video/split screen as well as edited voiceovers. Cool!
view camp movies on our YouTube channel: here.
Camp sessions are still available for summer... But you can always plan ahead. FA L L C A M P NOVEMBER 19-21
STOP MOTION FILMMAKING BLOGGING NEWS REPORTING media arts center san diego
YOUTH MEDIA & TECH CAMP
Fall Registration Opens Oct. 1 www.mediaartscenter.org/mediacamp
JOIN US FOR OUR
AUGUST WORKSHOPS $30/class 25% off for members register at
www.mediaartscenter.org/diylab
PHOTOSHOP FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TUESDAYS 6-8 8/7, 14, 21 101: Post-Processing Basics 102: Photomontage 103: Printing
About the Instructor: Rizzhel Javier is an award-winning photographer with an M.F.A. from S.D.S.U and has taught advanced photography classes at S.D.S.U. and The Museum of Photographic Art.
DEVELOP YOUR OWN STORYBOARD THURSDAYS 6-8 8/9, 16, 23 101: Intro to Storyboarding 102: Fundamentals of Storyboard Planning 103: Storyboard-to-film
BUILD YOUR OWN CAMERA THURSDAYS 6-8 8/9, 16, 23 101: Camera Obscura 102: Box Camera’s Completed 103: Scan Negatives
About the instructor: Neil Kendricks is a About the Instructor: About the Instruclocal filmmaker and journalist with mul- tor: Cy Kuckenbaker was the recipient tiple years of professional experience. of a Fulbright Fellowship for filmmaking in 2004 and was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Lithuania from 2000-02. He received his MFA in filmmaking from the California Institute of the Arts.
8/23 6pm-8pm
Do you have digital photos you’d like to get feedback on? Local artist Rizzhel Javier will offer a critique session to improve your images and what your next steps could be. Advance sign-up required. Bring between 6 and 15 images on a flash drive. Cost: $10, or just come listen for free.
THE LEGACY OF WWII
This month our video production team continued our joint project with the Union-Tribune, “The Legacy of WWII.” We met with Beverly Newak of La Mesa and shot a video highlighting her experience as a Naval gunner instructor during WWII. Check for the complete video on the U-T website! We also traveled up to La Jolla to the Torrey Pines Glider Port to cover the San Diego Foundation’s annual meeting where over 700 San Diegans were in attendance. Be sure to come join us next month when we cover the third installment of Voice of San Diego’s art talks, “Meeting of the Minds.” The dancers are scheduled to perform “Peace of Courage” Aug. 17 and 18 at the Lyceum Theater.
Last year’s winning design by Florie Parenthoux
SDLFF2013PosterCompetition Calling all Artists and Graphic Designers!
For the third year in a row, the Festival is putting a call out to artists and graphic designers for its annual poster artwork. Artists and Designers are encouraged to submit work for the Film Festival Poster Competition by October 5, 2012. *Click here for Submission Form
CETI cinema en tu idioma AUG - OCT
@ UltraStar Mission Valley Cinema August 3-9
Juan of the Dead A hilarious Cuban Zombie film about a group of creative friends who fend off the apocalypse by embracing their capitalistic impulses. A cult classic in the making! Tickets are $10 General Audiences/ $8 Students, Seniors, and Media Arts Center San Diego members. Individual Tickets can be purchased online or prior to each screening at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center box office (7510 Hazard Center Dr., SD, CA 92108). w w w. s d l a t i n o f i l m . c o m
2012 CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTARY PROJECT GRANT WORKSHOP @ media arts center san diego Wednesday, August 15, 5:30-7:30 pm Cal Humanities will hold a free informational grant workshop for the 2012 California Documentary Project grant program at Media Arts Center San Diego on Wednesday, August 15th from 5:30-7:30pm. To attend, please RSVP to this link. Be sure to review the CDP grant guidelines in advance and bring your questions to the workshop. The California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grant program of Cal Humanities. CDP supports the research and development, production, and public engagement stages of film, radio, and new media projects that document the California experience and explore issues of significance to Californians. Eligible projects may apply for film or radio production funding up to $50,000, new media production funding up to $20,000, or research and development funding up to $10,000. Please see www.calhum.org for more information and a list of supported projects.
ORCHID OR ONION? = beautiful
= not so beautiful
A special thanks to the Boulevard Business Improvement Association for their kind nomination of our outdoor space in the annual Orchids & Onions contest! We have been accepted as a candidate for an ‘Orchid’ in the category of sustainable design. Orchids & Onions is an educational and fundraising program of the San Diego Architectural Foundation and is the only interactive, community-based program geared towards raising awareness and encouraging practical discourse in response to San Diego’s built environment. A jury of design professionals and artists is selected annually to determine the official Orchids & Onions based upon the public’s submissions in categories which include: architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, historic preservation, sustainable design and miscellaneous. More information and to see other nominees visit www.orchidsandonions.org.
WELCOME TO BOOTCAMP youth media bootcamp, that is
Students and instructors from across Southern Californa ventured to the Media Arts Center early last month to enjoy a weekend of media-making. Thanks to a generous grant from the California Endowment for the Arts, the students used video, radio, print, blog, and photography to create news & media stories about different community issues, as well as success stories of how the community addresses a local problem.
MOBILE STORIES
www.mobilestories.org Mobile Stories is a fun and unique way for kids to learn about so-
cial media and become actively involved in their communities as citizen journalists through using iPhones and smartphones. We have been working with kids all over the city from Logan Heights to San Marcos and are continuing to venture out to various libraries around San Diego. The kids learn not only how to use the different features within Imovie but also the basic elements of filming; camera angles, sound, lighting, story board writing, and editing. The students work together by collaborating creatively and exercising their problem solving skills. They have been learning how to research and conduct interviews focusing on various subjects like the local library programs, arts & culture, bullying, community leaders, land use and traveling. Mobile Stories is giving kids a healthy way to take advantage of the influential world that social media has become by embracing the technology they have at their fingertips and combining it with the wealth of knowledge that all lies within their reach.
MEET ALLISON KEIR, MOBILE STORIES INSTRUCTOR
Originally from a small coastal town in New Hampshire with intentions of going out to make, live, create and tell stories, Allison Keir graduated from UCSD with a Bachelor Degree in History and a minor in English Literature. Allison went back to school to study screenwriting at the Massachusetts College of Art before throwing herself into the independent film world within New York City. It was in New York where she then found her place as the Creative Executive at Michael Mailer Films. While working with Michael Mailer, she worked on the two feature films. She then spent two years at Grande Pictures as the Executive Assistant in Los Angeles. Allison is actively working as an independent film Producer and Screenwriter.
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OUR MISSION
MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO promotes access to film and video as tools for community self-expression and social change and supports the professional development of media artists.
MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO 2921 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92104 ph: 619.230.1938 fax: 619.230.1937
julia@mediaartscenter.org program & membership coordinator