On Wednesdays when I work at MashON I make the treck through Beverly Hills to drop off Carmine then make my way to Olympic Blvd. from there. I take roads like Highland, Sunset, and Santa Monica to get there and back to Oakwood. The morning isn’t horrible but the traffic coming back is sometimes unbearable [...]
July 23, 2009
Categories: Internship, Reflection . . Author: Michael Pacicco . Comments: Leave a Comment
After working on the “Artifacts” project with Sam and Erik I decided that the only thing I wanted to do from then on was direct or produce. So I immediately jumped on the opportunity to produce the second pitch show for our new films.
The idea was change and I felt like the show turned [...]
July 19, 2009
Categories: Class Related . . Author: Michael Pacicco . Comments: Leave a Comment
Los Angeles, with its nearly 365 days of sunshine and rich culture is just an awesome city and a great place to live and learn. The hardest thing to get used to here and the one thing that might discourage me from starting my life here is the traffic, it sucks. The rush hour here [...]
July 8, 2009
Categories: Reflection . . Author: Michael Pacicco . Comments: 1 Comment
Getting an internship here in Los Angeles was not the easiest thing in the world for me. In fact it was one of the most strenuous activities during my spring semester. I guess I was a bit presumptuous in thinking I could get a job without any trouble whatsoever. So after about 50 plus applications I [...]
July 2, 2009
Categories: Internship . . Author: Michael Pacicco . Comments: Leave a Comment
The very first project I worked on in Los Angeles already exceeds any similar project I have ever done in quality and knowledge gained. Watching the entire process from setting up the cameras and lights at the scene of the pitch show to narrowing down two hours of footage into a 7 minute highlight was [...]
June 24, 2009
Categories: Class Related, Reflection . . Author: Michael Pacicco . Comments: 3 Comments