Media Arts Center San Diego

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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.

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MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO endorses the inclusion of underrepresented communities in the media arts field and the portrayal of accurate images of these communities by mainstream media and promotes community access to and use of media technology.

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About MACSD’s friendly staff help build your confidence with digital media. We help you with the purchase, use, upgrade and maintenance of your digital media technology. Come down to our ‘digital gym’ and meet with a trainer today. We Can Help With: Equipment Purchase and Setup Software Purchase, Installation & Training (Final Cut Pro, After Effects, iMovie) Upgrades On-Going Maintenance All proceeds go to building our new digital gym! RSVP today to schedule your appointment! 2921 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92104 (map) (619) 230 1938 Sign Up Here!

About

MACSD’s friendly staff help build your confidence with digital media. We help you with the purchase, use, upgrade and maintenance of your digital media technology. Come down to our ‘digital gym’ and meet with a trainer today.

We Can Help With:

  • Equipment Purchase and Setup
  • Software Purchase, Installation & Training (Final Cut Pro, After Effects, iMovie)
  • Upgrades
  • On-Going Maintenance
All proceeds go to building our new digital gym!

RSVP today to schedule your appointment!

2921 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92104 (map)

(619) 230 1938

Sign Up Here!

Hear what parents have to say about our camp! “What a great camp! I want to have a field trip here to show our school what a great place they can come to and learn from the best! Thanks for a great week for my son and myself. I loved seeing his movies and all the other children’s as well. Each group was so proud of their work and looked lilke they had a blast. Thanks!”    - Shauna,  parent “Great camp for creative kids. We highly recommend - they will learn so much from it.”    - Jeannie, parent  Youth Media & Tech Camp- Spring Break 2013! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER    April 1st-5th    1st - 3rd grade:  Everyone works together to create an original movie!  Create the scenery, props, and costumes while you act out your favorite fairy tale or fable. Whether you’re the director, camera man, or actor, there is something for everyone to learn and collaborate on during this fun, week-long camp. • Learn the basic functions of a camera• Put your creative skills to the test to create an original movie• Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends!    9:00am-12:00pm (AM CAMP) 1:00pm-4:00pm (PM CAMP) $140/per camper 4th - 8th grade:  Discover the possibilities of filmmaking and beyond! Explore character, composition, and sound as you create a series of hands-on video projects.  This camp provides many possibilities of creative media making.  • Work with live-action video, stop-motion animation, interactive media and design, sound recording, digital photography, and more.• Use software such as iStopMotion, GarageBand, and iMovie,.• Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends!   8:30am- 3:30pm $195/camper   April 8th-12th & 15th-19th   3rd - 5th grade: Filmmaking, Acting, and Stop-Motion, Oh my! Spend the week producing a collaborative film project. This camp offers opportunities for original projects and new creative challenges! • Write, storyboard, shoot, edit, and score.• Use everything the Digital Gym offers, including cameras, the production studio, and software like iMovie, iStopMotion, and Garageband. • Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends! 8:30am- 3:30pm $195/camper    6th - 8th grade:  Discover the possibilities of filmmaking and beyond! Explore character, composition, and sound as you create a series of hands-on video projects.  This camp provides many possibilities of creative media making.  • Work with live-action video, stop-motion animation, interactive media and design, sound recording, digital photography, and more.• Use software such as iStopMotion, GarageBand, and iMovie,.• Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends! 8:30am- 3:30pm $195/camper    Visit MACSD FLICKR to see our YMTC Campers in action or watch videos from past camps.   JOIN THE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP AND GET DISCOUNTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!  click here to join. 

Hear what parents have to say about our camp!

“What a great camp! I want to have a field trip here to show our school what a great place they can come to and learn from the best! Thanks for a great week for my son and myself. I loved seeing his movies and all the other children’s as well. Each group was so proud of their work and looked lilke they had a blast. Thanks!”

   - Shauna,  parent

“Great camp for creative kids. We highly recommend - they will learn so much from it.”

   - Jeannie, parent 


Youth Media & Tech Camp- Spring Break 2013!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

 

 April 1st-5th 

 

1st - 3rd grade: 

Everyone works together to create an original movie! 

Create the scenery, props, and costumes while you act out your favorite fairy tale or fable. Whether you’re the director, camera man, or actor, there is something for everyone to learn and collaborate on during this fun, week-long camp.

• Learn the basic functions of a camera
• Put your creative skills to the test to create an original movie
• Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends!

 

 9:00am-12:00pm (AM CAMP)

1:00pm-4:00pm (PM CAMP)

$140/per camper

4th - 8th grade: 

Discover the possibilities of filmmaking and beyond!

Explore character, composition, and sound as you create a series of hands-on video projects.  This camp provides many possibilities of creative media making. 

• Work with live-action video, stop-motion animation, interactive media and design, sound recording, digital photography, and more.
• Use software such as iStopMotion, GarageBand, and iMovie,.
• Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends!

 

8:30am- 3:30pm $195/camper

 

April 8th-12th & 15th-19th

 

3rd - 5th grade:

Filmmaking, Acting, and Stop-Motion, Oh my!

Spend the week producing a collaborative film project. This camp offers opportunities for original projects and new creative challenges!

• Write, storyboard, shoot, edit, and score.
• Use everything the Digital Gym offers, including cameras, the production studio, and software like iMovie, iStopMotion, and Garageband.
• Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends!

8:30am- 3:30pm $195/camper 

 

6th - 8th grade: 

Discover the possibilities of filmmaking and beyond!

Explore character, composition, and sound as you create a series of hands-on video projects.  This camp provides many possibilities of creative media making. 

• Work with live-action video, stop-motion animation, interactive media and design, sound recording, digital photography, and more.
• Use software such as iStopMotion, GarageBand, and iMovie,.
• Every week-long camp ends with a screening and exhibition for family and friends!


8:30am- 3:30pm $195/camper


 

 Visit MACSD FLICKR to see our YMTC Campers in action or

watch videos from past camps.

 

JOIN THE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP AND GET DISCOUNTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! 

click here to join. 


Short Films Announced for the 20th San Diego Latino Film Festival Congratulations to all of the short films that were selected to this year’s 20th Anniversary San Diego Latino Film festival. A list of all of the accepted short films are below. Actual screening dates and times to be announced by February 15, 2013. Stay tuned! Support these emerging filmmakers and their great films. Purchase your passes today to be first in line (5 Movie Ticket Pass, Film Pass & more!) Shorts:03:00-04:30 (10min, USA)A Mexican Sound (13 min, Mexico)Algo heule raro en la maleta (20 min, Peru)Any Sunday Like Any Other (10 min, Mexico)Arrastre (6 min, Mexico/USA)Ate ao Mar (15 min, Portugal)Avientate (3 min, Mexico)Bajo La AlmohadaBombing Arizona (8 min, USA)Borrando la frontier (USA, 2 min)Burka (3 min, USA)Cans at DawnCanto de Familia (19 min, USA)Captive Radio (Colombia, 23 min)Cardboard Camera (20 min)Cheli (16 min, Cuba)Chiva (16 min, USA)Clara’s Los Angeles (USA, 15 min)De objectos, sonidos, y espacios (14 min, DR)Defectivo (10 mins, Mexico)Desayuno con Diadema (18 mins, Spain)Despierta (18 min, Spain)Destas del Espejo (12 mins, Peru)Doomed (10 mins, Spain)Dues et Machina (12 min)El Boleto Ganador (6 mins, San Marcos/Mexico)El Jazz (11 mins, Mexico)El Ultimo Asado (13 min, Argentina)Entrevista (10 min, Brazil)Face to Face (7 min, Mexico)Facundo the Great (2 min, USA)Fallen Comrade (12 mins, USA)Fortunate Son (15 min, USA)How Jimmy Got Leverage (12 mins, USA)I Feel Lost (13 min, Spain)Inside Oneself (8 min, Mexico)JUS (18 min, Brazil)L.A. Pulp (15 min. USA)La Boda (12 min, Spain)La Luna en el Jardin (11 min, Cuba)La Mujer Rota (9 min, Uruguay)La Noria (8 mins, Mexico)Las Vegas (20 min, Cuba)Loxoro (19 min, Peru)Lucy vs. the Limits of the Voice (11 mins, Mexico)Luminaris (6 min, Argentina)Me llamo Haiti – 30 mins,Medio Minuto (16 min, Puerto Rico)Motive (13 min, USA)Muertos y Vivientes (17 min, Spain)Of Other Carnivals 15 min, Brazil)Ojala (21 mins, USA)Pablo on Wheels (19 min, USA)Pequenos Electrodomesticos (9 min, Spain)Q (8 min, USA)Quince Anos (6 mins, Mexico)Rise (7 mins, San Diego)Sane Art (20 mins, San Diego, Colombia)Seed (19 min, USA)Shoot for the Moon (10 min, USA)Sin Ruta (20 min, Guatemala)Six Feet Deep (15 min, SDSU)Son dos Dias (10 min, Spain).sub (15 min, Spain)The Rookie and the Runner (10 min, USA)The Shooting Star Salesman (20 min, USA)The Unique Ladies (27 mins, San Diego)Uh la la (8 min, Spain)Una Historia Para Los Modlin (26 min, Spain)Under the Sun (8 min, Mexico)When I Wake (9 min, Mexico) INFO: 619-230-1938, gheath@mediaartscenter.org

Short Films Announced for the 20th San Diego Latino Film Festival

Congratulations to all of the short films that were selected to this year’s 20th Anniversary San Diego Latino Film festival. A list of all of the accepted short films are below. Actual screening dates and times to be announced by February 15, 2013. Stay tuned!

Support these emerging filmmakers and their great films. Purchase your passes today to be first in line (5 Movie Ticket Pass, Film Pass & more!)


Shorts:
03:00-04:30 (10min, USA)
A Mexican Sound (13 min, Mexico)
Algo heule raro en la maleta (20 min, Peru)
Any Sunday Like Any Other (10 min, Mexico)
Arrastre (6 min, Mexico/USA)
Ate ao Mar (15 min, Portugal)
Avientate (3 min, Mexico)
Bajo La Almohada
Bombing Arizona (8 min, USA)
Borrando la frontier (USA, 2 min)
Burka (3 min, USA)
Cans at Dawn
Canto de Familia (19 min, USA)
Captive Radio (Colombia, 23 min)
Cardboard Camera (20 min)
Cheli (16 min, Cuba)
Chiva (16 min, USA)
Clara’s Los Angeles (USA, 15 min)
De objectos, sonidos, y espacios (14 min, DR)
Defectivo (10 mins, Mexico)
Desayuno con Diadema (18 mins, Spain)
Despierta (18 min, Spain)
Destas del Espejo (12 mins, Peru)
Doomed (10 mins, Spain)
Dues et Machina (12 min)
El Boleto Ganador (6 mins, San Marcos/Mexico)
El Jazz (11 mins, Mexico)
El Ultimo Asado (13 min, Argentina)
Entrevista (10 min, Brazil)
Face to Face (7 min, Mexico)
Facundo the Great (2 min, USA)
Fallen Comrade (12 mins, USA)
Fortunate Son (15 min, USA)
How Jimmy Got Leverage (12 mins, USA)
I Feel Lost (13 min, Spain)
Inside Oneself (8 min, Mexico)
JUS (18 min, Brazil)
L.A. Pulp (15 min. USA)
La Boda (12 min, Spain)
La Luna en el Jardin (11 min, Cuba)
La Mujer Rota (9 min, Uruguay)
La Noria (8 mins, Mexico)
Las Vegas (20 min, Cuba)
Loxoro (19 min, Peru)
Lucy vs. the Limits of the Voice (11 mins, Mexico)
Luminaris (6 min, Argentina)
Me llamo Haiti – 30 mins,
Medio Minuto (16 min, Puerto Rico)
Motive (13 min, USA)
Muertos y Vivientes (17 min, Spain)
Of Other Carnivals 15 min, Brazil)
Ojala (21 mins, USA)
Pablo on Wheels (19 min, USA)
Pequenos Electrodomesticos (9 min, Spain)
Q (8 min, USA)
Quince Anos (6 mins, Mexico)
Rise (7 mins, San Diego)
Sane Art (20 mins, San Diego, Colombia)
Seed (19 min, USA)
Shoot for the Moon (10 min, USA)
Sin Ruta (20 min, Guatemala)
Six Feet Deep (15 min, SDSU)
Son dos Dias (10 min, Spain)
.sub (15 min, Spain)
The Rookie and the Runner (10 min, USA)
The Shooting Star Salesman (20 min, USA)
The Unique Ladies (27 mins, San Diego)
Uh la la (8 min, Spain)
Una Historia Para Los Modlin (26 min, Spain)
Under the Sun (8 min, Mexico)
When I Wake (9 min, Mexico)

INFO: 619-230-1938, gheath@mediaartscenter.org

Youth Visions Showcase (83 min.) – Teen Produced Videos from throughout the U.S.! Saturday, March 9th, 3:30pmPurchase tickets online here: http://sdlatino.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/youthvisions_various_sdlatino2013 presented by Neighborhood House Association | Support our education programs for youth! Purchase tickets online here:http://sdlatino.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/youthvisions_various_sdlatino2013 Videos to be Screened Include: DreamChasers (Free Spirit Media, 8 min.)This short documentary explores the struggles of an unauthorized immigrant teenager and what the DREAM Act would mean for her and other teens like her. Behind the Screen: Cybercrimes Against Children (Media Arts Center- TPP, 5 min.)Agent David Oyos from the Chula Vista Police Department and Assistant District Attorney and Project Safe Childhood Coordinator Alesandra Serrano are interviewed about preventing internet crimes against minors. Displaced but not Defeated (ByKids, 29 min.)16-year-old Maria in Cali, Colombia directs and shoots this documentary about how her family has been displaced by the war created by the drug trade. Recognition: Young Parents in New Mexico (Media Literacy Project, 7 min.)This touching documentary features the personal stories of the directors and the work being done in New Mexico to transform how young parents are viewed and supported. Room to Improve: Albuquerque Schools’ Sex Education (Media Literacy Project, 6 min.)This video asks critical questions about the state of sex education in Albuquerque Public Schools, and what this means for the young women of color that attend these schools. 67 Sueños: An Introduction (67 Suenos, 3 min.)An Oakland organization, 67 Suenos, holds gatherings for migrant youth to lift their voices and share their stories. Anastacio Rojas (MAAC Charter TPP, 5 min.)MAAC students in Chula Vista talk about the increased security at the USA/Mexico border and the unnecessary violence that led to the suspicious death of a Mexican citizen. Middle School Student Discusses Monroe Clark School Health Clinic (Media Arts Center- TPP, 3 min.)A new clinic at a middle school in City Heights is helping students get healthy. Environmental Justice in Imperial Beach (MAAC Charter TPP, 8 min.)A student looks at the environmental issues at Imperial Beach, how the pollution impacts the local community, and what residents can do to help repair the ecosystem. A Diet for Healthy Minds (California Endowment Youth Media Bootcamp, 4 min.)Students discuss the importance of eating healthy and how to take steps toward a more balanced lifestyle. Skate City Heights (California Endowment Youth Media Bootcamp, 2 min.)The need for a skate park in City Heights has been an ongoing debate in San Diego. This video advocates for why building one would be positive for the community. Latino Life by LELA INC (Weingart East LA YMCA Youth Institute, 4 min.)A music video that takes us through a day in the life of an average latino teen growing up in Boyle Heights. MEDIA ARTS’ Youth Media Funders Include: Adobe Foundation, California Endowment, Weingart Foundation, California Arts Council, Qualcomm Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, and City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture. INFO: 619-230-1938, julia@mediaartscenter.org Tickets: $10.50 General Audience / $8.50 Students, seniors, & members Support our education programs for youth! Purchase tickets online here:http://sdlatino.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/youthvisions_various_sdlatino2013 presented by Neighborhood House Association

Youth Visions Showcase (83 min.) – Teen Produced Videos from throughout the U.S.!

Saturday, March 9th, 3:30pm
Purchase tickets online here:

http://sdlatino.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/youthvisions_various_sdlatino2013

presented by Neighborhood House Association

|

Support our education programs for youth! Purchase tickets online here:http://sdlatino.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/youthvisions_various_sdlatino2013

Videos to be Screened Include:

DreamChasers (Free Spirit Media, 8 min.)
This short documentary explores the struggles of an unauthorized immigrant teenager and what the DREAM Act would mean for her and other teens like her.

Behind the Screen: Cybercrimes Against Children (Media Arts Center- TPP, 5 min.)
Agent David Oyos from the Chula Vista Police Department and Assistant District Attorney and Project Safe Childhood Coordinator Alesandra Serrano are interviewed about preventing internet crimes against minors.

Displaced but not Defeated (ByKids, 29 min.)
16-year-old Maria in Cali, Colombia directs and shoots this documentary about how her family has been displaced by the war created by the drug trade.

Recognition: Young Parents in New Mexico (Media Literacy Project, 7 min.)
This touching documentary features the personal stories of the directors and the work being done in New Mexico to transform how young parents are viewed and supported.

Room to Improve: Albuquerque Schools’ Sex Education (Media Literacy Project, 6 min.)
This video asks critical questions about the state of sex education in Albuquerque Public Schools, and what this means for the young women of color that attend these schools.

67 Sueños: An Introduction (67 Suenos, 3 min.)
An Oakland organization, 67 Suenos, holds gatherings for migrant youth to lift their voices and share their stories.

Anastacio Rojas (MAAC Charter TPP, 5 min.)
MAAC students in Chula Vista talk about the increased security at the USA/Mexico border and the unnecessary violence that led to the suspicious death of a Mexican citizen.

Middle School Student Discusses Monroe Clark School Health Clinic (Media Arts Center- TPP, 3 min.)
A new clinic at a middle school in City Heights is helping students get healthy.

Environmental Justice in Imperial Beach (MAAC Charter TPP, 8 min.)
A student looks at the environmental issues at Imperial Beach, how the pollution impacts the local community, and what residents can do to help repair the ecosystem.

A Diet for Healthy Minds (California Endowment Youth Media Bootcamp, 4 min.)
Students discuss the importance of eating healthy and how to take steps toward a more balanced lifestyle.

Skate City Heights (California Endowment Youth Media Bootcamp, 2 min.)
The need for a skate park in City Heights has been an ongoing debate in San Diego. This video advocates for why building one would be positive for the community.

Latino Life by LELA INC (Weingart East LA YMCA Youth Institute, 4 min.)
A music video that takes us through a day in the life of an average latino teen growing up in Boyle Heights.

MEDIA ARTS’ Youth Media Funders Include: Adobe Foundation, California Endowment, Weingart Foundation, California Arts Council, Qualcomm Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, and City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture.

INFO: 619-230-1938, julia@mediaartscenter.org

Tickets: $10.50 General Audience / $8.50 Students, seniors, & members

Support our education programs for youth! Purchase tickets online here:http://sdlatino.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/youthvisions_various_sdlatino2013

presented by Neighborhood House Association

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