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Platinum Creative Wraps Up HOF8

With Hall of Fame 8 successfully documented into the historical archives, what’s next for the behind-the-scenes team of talented and creative minds who are largely accountable for its successes?

Spanning more than 20 years, Platinum Creative, Full Sail University’s creative design and branding team, traditionally is responsible for producing the school’s national commercials, YouTube videos, websites, designs and social applications, just to name a few.

Annually, the uniquely creative and brilliant design entity quietly and professionally puts its touch on the blueprint for all things hall of fame at Full Sail.

This year was no different.  No magic tricks or illusions, just infinite, creative chaos, if you will.  

Coupled with fun, hard work and unyielding passion to deliver ubiquitous, rewarding success, it was merely business as usual in 2017 for Platinum Creative and staff during the beloved and popular event.

So, what does Platinum Creative do yearly when Hall of Fames are in the books?

Perhaps, all team members take a nice, well-deserved break - or vacation, not exactly.

According to Sari Kitelyn, Director of Project Development at Platinum Creative, the team debriefs and prepares for the subsequent Hall of Fame. “We create a list of things we want to improve for next year’s Hall of Fame and talk about them after the event.”

Kitelyn said they create a box, which helps to compartmentalize things they want to adjust and correct moving forward.

There is always room for improvement, no matter the scenario or circumstance, and Platinum Creative uses surveys post Hall of Fame to get feedback from students, staff, inductees and guest, about event likes and dislikes.

One of the most important and pressing request students made during a recent Hall of Fame survey was to stream the event live online. Now Full Sail has live streaming for Hall of Fame and its numerous events to support online students who can’t attend.

While many Full Sail students, staff and faculty - and soon-to-be inductees, are going about their daily lives, the Platinum Creative team is busy inside its creative galaxy, tucked away, assembling the blueprint and the next red carpet A-list for HOF 9 in 2018.

I hope you are ready for Full Sail University’s HOF 9, because Platinum Creative is now on deck!

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Written by Terrance Jefferson

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Platinum Creative - Creating a Logo for Hall of Fame 8

Creating a brand for an event means creating its identity. Platinum Creative was tasked with the challenge to create a logo for Hall of Fame 8 and they knew it had to be special. While we all appreciated the logo for its amazing design, I want to share with you the meaning behind this piece.

The first thing to be determined, was the general theme of the logo – it would all be about connection. The circles in the 8 represent that connection from student to alumni and alumni to school. It represents how this event bridges gaps and brings people together.

The lines in the background continue to play with the theme of connections and the holographic texture inside the 8 is a reflection piece.  In the words of Traci Burchard

this texture represents, “The alumni reflecting back to Full Sail as a school.”

I was allowed a rare glance into what Platinum Creative does. With this glance, I understood the pride this team takes in their work. Last month, I was also able to experience my first Hall of Fame and with it, I witnessed how Platinum’s work transcends their office space. Hall of Fame brings together people from around the world to learn from each other and celebrate each other’s accomplishments. Some of us, admire from afar, others interact face to face but most of us dream about becoming the next inductee.

This logo has marked me as a designer and a student. The amount of thought and detail put into it blows my mind. However, what I remember the most was the pride in the team’s voice while they spoke about their job. This logo does represent how the alumni give back to the school but I believe it goes beyond that. In my eyes, this logo will always represent the pride Full Sail has for their students. In turn, this pride becomes assurance for us – the future Hall of Fame Inductees – that we too, can one day reflect our light back to our school.  

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    Written by: Stephany Cerella-Nazari

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Platinum Creative - Pre Hall of Fame Prep

Platinum Creative has been a part of Full Sail University for about 20 years. As a fully-functioning creative team, everything creative about Full Sail comes from them and Hall of Fame is the team’s favorite part of the year.

Hall of Fame is a large event and its planning initiates as soon as the previous one ends. With that being said, we questioned, “How does a relatively small team put together such a massive event?” Their answer is always: teamwork. At Platinum, everyone is encouraged to step out of their comfort zone and help any branch that needs an additional set of hands.

“It is like a band. We know all the instruments, to make sure things get out the door.”

-Diassey Linares

Senior Web Designer

While we’ve highlighted a lot of the creative work, we haven’t spoken much about all the logistics behind this event. Every purchase made goes through this team and has to be approved to ensure staying within budget. Every camera, t-shirt, rental, and even packs of gum has been approved and budgeted. Additionally, if a team requests more swag for the students, Platinum has to find other areas in which the budget can be cut to stay in the green. Let’s take a moment to appreciate how massive this single job is! Everything on campus has been reviewed and approved by this team months before the event begins.

In addition to branding and budgeting, the team also has their hands on many other tasks before HOF even begins. Their process starts with analyzing and understanding their target audience. Once this is accomplished, the brainstorming begins. Branding starts to take place and a style guide is created, bios for all 400 guests are written, memorabilia is collected and new awards and activities are created and planned. There are many pieces to this puzzle, but the team clearly states that it is all about understanding the event’s theme and vibe, it all stems from this understanding.

Platinum had all hands on deck for the past week and they have loved it because they are so close to the event.

“The reason we are all so close to this event in addition to it being beautiful and an amazing experience for our team is that, this is our team. We started Hall of Fame 1. Traditionally, there’s an events department in a company that puts on an event this large but there isn’t really one here so we are doing that and we have a lot of support from the event’s manager in education department that puts together all of the panels and reaches out to the speakers. Everyone is carrying a bulk of a workload to put this on and if we are talking about people not knowing what Platinum does is the fact that there is not a Hall of Fame department. There is not a department of people that put on events of this calibre and coordinate with everybody. It’s educators doing double duty as far as, ‘I’m going to teach but I’m also going to figure out how to live stream all of these panels at the same time so all of my online students feel engaged. I have to teach during the day but at night I will run camera for you.’ We all come together and put this thing on and that’s what makes us all so emotionally invested.”

-Sari Kitelyn

Director of Project Development

We all strive to find a job we love but this team has created theirs. While we think back on our Hall of Fame 8 experience, let’s take a moment to feel grateful for all the work that has been put into it. Platinum Creative, instructors, alumni, guests and even students worked around the clock to make this week possible. It is truly a privilege to be a part of the talented Full Sail family.

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Written by: Jihun Im and Stephany Cerella-Nazari

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So ,You’ve Graduated, Now What?

Pictured from Left to Right: Kathy Craven, Jack Geckler, Tim Naylor, Phil Pallen and Leslie Braithwaite

Life after Full Sail sounds like something that is so far away for some. However, 20 months comes and goes and students will soon find themselves walking out with a diploma being told to “go get em.” But where do you start? Who do you talk to? How do you nail those interviews to avoid living the rest of your life off of ramen and Little Caesars pizza? There’s a panel for that.

Life After Full Sail, moderated by Kathy Craven featured Tim Naylor, Leslie Brathwaite, Jack Geckler and Phil Pallen, and talked about where to start after you graduate.

Leslie talked about how he personally didn’t bring things to the table he “brought the table.” Explaining further, that he never went into interviews asking for a job, but rather offering his services as an audio engineer.

Jack, an animator, discussed the importance of asking for help rather than being proud, because at the end of the day, you’re wasting time and if you’re wasting time then you’re wasting money.

To find more tips and tricks on how to get a job once you're out in the industry and how to make sure you can keep it, check out Full Sail’s YouTube, for those on the edge of graduating.

What are your plans once you graduate from Full Sail? Let us know and follow MCBS on our Facebook and Twitter @weareMCBS!

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Written by Dylan Hamilton

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Turn Up!

The best way to end all the hard work we all put in this week, is a block party!! Full Sail has done it yet again!! Amazing speeches by Hall of Fame inductees, cool flashing wristbands, beautiful fireworks, and of course let’s not forget the thousands of pizza boxes and the neon glow sticks making it a “Rave”.

“I love this school so much! I’m only in month 8 of my degree program, and I feel like I have been here for years. This school never fails to impress me. There were so many fireworks, me and my friends had an amazing time dancing. I guess you can say my night was truly blessed.” said Caitlin Diehl.

Along with the amazing celebration, we had 2 amazing hosts for the party! There were hilarious games, trivia and huge prizes! Being able to not only network, the word we say 500 times a day here, and have a different college experience; students were able to reconnect with alumni, that are also mentors and old friends. Full Sail makes every day not only a challenge that prepares you for the future, but a blessing for what happens and is to come. Thank you Full Sail, you are the real MVP.

If you’d like to see all the action, watch our Production team’s recap video here!

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Written by Sarah Daley

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Fix It In The Post!

Hall of Fame week is coming to an end, but that doesn't mean the day is slowing down. In fact it is just moving faster and the energy level is only getting higher. One of the first panels of the day was “Filmmaking From Beginning To End: Editing to Post Production” hosted by Michael Orlowski, and it was a full house.

The panel consisted of Visual Effects artist Cully Bunker, Sound Editor and Designer David Farmer, TV and Movie producer Priscilla Rojas and Sound Mixer/Editor Frank Schuering. The panelists covered every phase of post production that goes into making a film.

Cully Bunker shed light on the visual effects that needs to be added to films and the steps they go through to deal with the “fix it in the post” situations.

David Farmer shared his experience he gained from several years in creating and editing sounds and effects. Frank Scheuring added on the same topic with his own experiences and methods of working.

Priscilla Rojas explained how all the post production works and how to deal with various situations from a producer’s perspective.

All the panelists shared their methods of working in their fields and dealing with clients and walked through their processes in completing a job.

Quick Q&A phases added to the session with thoughtful questions from the attendees. The session can be seen in full on Full Sail’s YouTube page here.

For more archived panels and updates on the activities during Hall of Fame, subscribe to Full Sail University’s YouTube channel here.

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Written by Astha Shrestha

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Be A Creative Entrepreneur

More than 30 Full Sail University students sat patiently Wednesday morning, ready to receive sound advice and industry tips from Martin Potoczny, a Full Sail graduate and Hall Of Fame 8 inductee.

Potoczny is the founder and CEO of LUXE Creative, a leading creative studio located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that specializes in custom luxury event production and creative brand design.

Jessica Northey, a multimedia content producer for Visit Orlando, and Brett Novak, a self-proclaimed filmmaker, skater and hopeful creator, were also representatives for the Creative Entrepreneur panel.

The panelists went into detail about how they achieved success beyond Full Sail University.

Brett said money wasn’t all he focused on.  He said he had to learn how to balance business with his artistry.

After many discussions during the panel, students were allowed to ask questions before wrapping things up.

Potoczny said being young, you should take any opportunity for growth, even the ones you may not like, or the ones that make you uncomfortable, because you learn from them all. Learning what you don’t like is more valuable than anything, he said, to the Full Sail students on hand.

Potoczny left some seasoned experience and wisdom with the Full Sail students who attended the panel. “We didn’t have the technologies such as Google and Facebook when I was in school.”

The world of technology is at your disposal, use it, said, Potoczny.

With all the technology in the world at our hands, there is no reason every one of us cannot be creative entrepreneurs. This panel taught us that starting your own business can be as easy as 1,2,3 as long as you take every opportunity presented to you, use technology, and embrace being uncomfortable.

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By David Thielke and Terrance Jefferson

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Where in the World Can You Work? Everywhere

The international panel was specially directed to Full Sail students who LOVE to think outside the box, be creative, and professional because we can be all of that at the same time! This panel gave insight to all the opportunities throughout the world and all different industries.

One of the main panelists was the Hall Of Fame 7 inductee Ashish Manchanda, who talked about how important it is to be an open-minded person in order to get to work with a wide range of companies. Today, most of companies like to work with people who can be anywhere around the world and adapt easily to the culture and work environment. The fact that our careers can take us all over the world, and allow us to experience different cultures and learn new languages is amazing!

Manchanda and the panelists, gave students advice on how to do research for the companies they would like to work for. Inform yourself as much as you can about the company before signing any paper. It’s important to keep in mind that for these type of jobs in which you have to be constantly traveling or living overseas, we need to be as open-minded as we can.

Don’t freak out friends, there are opportunities for everyone! You just have to know how to work the situation out. Find sponsors who are willing to work with you!

Make sure to check out the MCBS social media pages to keep up with all the latest of Hall of Fame 8 and tag all your photos and tweets with #MCBSHOF8 #wearemcbs #FullSailHOF so we can connect with you!

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Written by Maria Camacho

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And the Winner is...Perfektos!

The Guardians of Justice, winners of The 24-Hour Film Project. Photo provided by Matt Robin.

Following the 24-Hour film project, came the actual viewing of the top 5 films. From there, they were critiqued by a group of judges who then awarded the groups based on their best achievements from Best Cinematography to Best Writing. 

In the end, only one group could take home the award for Best Overall Film. This award went to The Guardians of Justice and their film “Perfektos”, which was also the winner of the Best Use of Prop or Line award. It featured a very large cast with over a dozen extras. In comparison most teams had about 10 people at the most, making management an essential task. 

Directed by Matt Robin and Anthony Esposito, the short film featured a fight scene that the judges really enjoyed. The story consisted of two agents who were captured and had to fight each other to the death after being given a poisonous stimulant, the winner would get the antidote.   

“As a student about to graduate I decided to cast freshman and sophomore students. I want people to know that giving a younger student a chance can pay off. One thing I learned from the military is knowing when to follow is more important than knowing when to lead. I have two sayings and it’s [to] be loyal and pay it forward, and thank everyone and apologize to no one.” Matt Robin said.

Did you participate in the 24-film project? Let us know and be sure to follow MCBS on Facebook and Twitter @weareMCBS

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Written by Dylan Hamilton

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GameBoyz

Photo Courtesy of MCBS Production

“I am not a nerd, I’m a gamer” is what I was told by a student who was literally playing Runescape on his computer. Although he refused to give me his name because he cherished his anonymity, he was still nice enough to tell me why he chose gaming as his major. “Gaming is what made me feel like I fit in. I was made fun of as a child. I was called a loser, a nerd and I didn’t have many friends. When I started playing Runescape 11 years ago, I made nothing but friends and partners in crime that helped me get over my depression.”

After crying for about three minutes, I ran to the Game Design panel, which ended up being students promoting their game ideas to professional game designers. Being able to witness the hard work of these guys was truly an experience. Course Director Joshua Fox explained to me why he became a gaming instructor, “I’ve been playing games for many years and it dawned on me that I wanted to also design them. I came to Full Sail 17 years ago as a student. Never have I thought of teaching my passion. Gaming has so many game types, styles, and visual elements. I’ll compare it to art. You have different types of paint, oil, acrylic, different size canvases. You begin and it’s never complete till you’re satisfied.”

Being a Media Communications student, I wasn’t sure if I would have a lot in common with the Game Design students, but I was wrong. We all share the same passion for our programs. These guys love games, they have an understanding of what games are, and just how important they can be!

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Written by: Sarah Daley

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“Just Do What Phil Says and Good Things Happen”

Far left: Phil Pallen

Photo Taken By: Jessica Cowart

One of the most insightful panels for those looking to find out who they are as a brand was hosted this year by Phil Pallen, brand strategist, and social media expert. On a daily basis, Phil Pallen works with celebrities, TV personalities and entrepreneurs to develop their brand. In this 4 part series of branding workshops, Phil dives into different parts of creating your brand so that you can graduate knowing who you are and what you want. During his first branding workshop, he talked about positioning yourself as a professional and figuring out who you are as a professional.

   When figuring out your brand, you need objective feedback “don’t ask your friends and family” Pallen says. For this part of the lecture, Phil set up a little exercise for us to do, we divided into groups and shared our story to one another replying in one sentence what the other person's brand was. This is a great way to get objective feedback. Phil Pallen recommends doing this exercise a few times with different people to narrow down who you are as a brand. It is important to start using your brand sentence, because if you describe yourself in that way, Phil says “Others will describe you with that sentence when you’re not in the room.”

   Phil Pallen also shared the questions he often asks his clients when helping them develop their brand and here they are:

Describe yourself in three words (Pallen even suggested to try asking this question to friends on Facebook and see what people say the most).

Three things I wouldn’t know from looking at you.

Name a few brands that you look up to? Why? (The why is the most important part).

What do you love to do? (Create a job based on passion).

What's your brand in one sentence?

Describe your audience in detail. (Be very specific, give them a name and personality).

These are the questions you can ask yourself that helps develop your brand.

Make sure to check out the MCBS social media pages to keep up with all the latest of Hall of Fame 8 and tag all your photos and tweets with #MCBSHOF8 #wearemcbs #FullSailHOF so we can connect with you!!

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Written by: Jessica Cowart

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If You Don’t Brand Yourself, Who Will?

Students pose with Martin Potoczny and Phil Pallen. Photo by: David Thielke

Meet the Panel:

Martin Potoczny is the owner of Luxe Creative, a luxury event management and branding company. Martin’s company specializes in creating events that are immersive branding experiences which incorporate multi-sensory elements.

Phil Pallen is the founder of Phil Pallen collective, his company specializes in personal branding as a way to develop and manage an online presence and build a public audience.

What You Need to Know:

Phil and Martin both agree that in today’s society, personal branding is no longer just an option, it is your responsibility! If you don’t frame your purpose and your story, someone else will do it for you.

Phil’s secret formula for success is finding ways to make his clients media presence a reflection of their personality. Helping his clients to become more memorable and relevant in their industry is the end goal.

According to Martin, the way an event looks, smells, sounds and feels is what he believes connects an audience with a brand in a way that they will always remember, and will want to tell the world about.

As you begin to develop your personal brand, start thinking of ways that you can make your purpose, values and personality, both, memorable and relevant. As a soon to be college grad what are some ways that you can start to incorporate consistent personal branding elements that are unique to you, and unforgettable by others?

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Written by: David Thielke

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Get Your Films Into Festivals

Want to get your film in a festival? Panelists Eduardo Aguirre, Famor Botero and Priscilla Rojas shared 5 useful tips and their most valuable experiences with the students to guide them towards successful submissions to Film Festivals.

Be passionate

When you are making a film, know why you are making the film, know why the story is so important to be told and tell the story with passion. Gather a team that is also equally passionate about the story. That passion and honesty cannot be paralleled by any other motive and shows in the film.

    2. Tell the Story Behind the Story

There isn’t only the movie in the story that matters, the story behind the making of the movie matters just as much. Keeping a record of the behind the scenes stories and sharing them, not only engages the audience, but also makes the story personable. Sharing the personal story that goes into making the film creates a personal relationship with the audience.

   3.  Press Kit is Important

Most important assets of a press kit are posters and trailers. They should never be overlooked. Posters are the first glimpse of the movie that the audience see. The audience reacts to posters before they even get to the story. The same goes for the trailers. No matter how good the film is, if it doesn’t have an audience, it doesn’t matter.

  4. Choose Film Festivals Wisely

As important as it is to get your work in front audiences, it is also important to pick the platforms wisely. Always do research before submitting your work to any festival. It is not only to keep a good reputation but also to stay away from potential scams. 

   5.  Do Not Limit Yourself

Successfully completing a film is a huge accomplishment, but getting into festivals is not the end of the road. No matter how your previous film goes, what kind of response it gets, do not stop there or limit yourself. Give some more and make some more, be out there and do what you are passionate about and never limit yourself.

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Written by: Astha Shrestha

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The “DiVinci” Code of Wisdom

Pictured on far right: Glen “DiVinci” Valencia Jr. Photo by: Jessica Cowart

As a Media Communications student, I found myself in an unlikely room filled with Music Production and Recording Arts students. The speaker is a world renowned producer and performer who has toured with Ms. Lauryn Hill, and has his own group signed to Major Independent. I went with an open mind to find anything relatable to my industry, and was pleasantly surprised. Glen “DiVinci” Valencia Jr had some amazing advice for all Full Sail students.

    “DiVinci” he grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania wanting to be an inventor. He wasn’t interested in music because he could always tell what the sounds were and it didn’t stand out, until he heard hip hop. “DiVinci” said when listening to hip hop “the sounds weren’t obvious” they were unique and that piqued his interest. So he moved to Orlando and attended Full Sail University.

“DiVinci” said “Your sense of direction is everything”, when he was attending Full Sail he was here to “get a piece of paper”, even though he gained much more. By the time “DiVinci” graduated, his musical group “Solillaquists of Sound” was signed to Major Independent.

They were touring France, and on the home, “DiVinci” felt like they had hit “the ceiling” and “the deals weren’t getting any better”. At that moment he got a call from Lauryn Hill’s manager asking if he could come play the live drum machine on her tour and he immediately said yes. From there “DiVinci” worked his way from playing live drum machine, to band leader, to head programmer, to sound designer. “DiVinci’s” story sounds like a dream for some people, but he didn’t get there without hard work and being lost.

Here is 5 words of wisdom that “DiVinci” said to inspire you:

1. Shortcuts get you more lost. Don’t take shortcuts, you gain more from going the long way around.

2. Don’t put up a front. You have to be yourself, because there is no time for anything else.

3. Work you wanna do is never hard. Decide what you want to do, knowing your direction is everything.

4. Don’t be in your head too much. When working on a project release it to the public even if it is bad, you want people to see your progress.

5. Success of any type only takes consistency. Consistency is born from sustainability, if you don’t love what you’re doing it is not sustainable.

Make sure to keep checking the Full Sail Events App to keep updated on what panels are going on and when you aren’t busy just go to a panel and you could end up getting some really great insight.

Check out the MCBS Social Media pages to keep up with all the latest of Hall of Fame 8 and tag all your photos and tweets with #MCBSHOF8 #wearemcbs #FullSailHOF so we can connect with you!!

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Written by: Jessica Cowart

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Get Your Fill of Phil

    The first day of Full Sail University's three day Hall of Fame 8 event was kicked off by a Career Networking Event, if you’re wondering what a career networking event is, it is an event where employers come to network and recruit students and alumni. This year was filled with some amazing opportunities for all Full Sail students, companies included but not limited too Izea, Rifle Paper Co, Digital Brew, Warner Music Group and Universal. Full Sail even set up a meet and greet panel with alumni and hall of fame inductees, Stephen Beres, Culley Bunker, Troy DeVolld, Jonathan Mayer and Phil Pallen.

    When I walked in I knew I immediately wanted to talk to Phil Pallen, Brand and Social Media Strategist, who graduated with an Entertainment Business Degree from Full Sail. Phil is someone I have recently been researching and wanted to get advice from since I will be graduating on March 3rd. I waited in line for a while but it was worth it. Pallen gave some great advice and was very friendly, he told me “Resumes are dumb” after he said it, he noted it down to say at one of his branding workshops. He said, “it is all about networking and the face to face connection.”  After my conversation with Pallen I walked around and connected with other students and potential employers because Phil is right, resumes are going out and networking is becoming the norm.

Be sure to go see Phil Pallen at some of the branding workshops and panels he will be hosting this week at Hall of Fame for some awesome advice! Phil will have two Green Room sessions on Wednesday, February 15th. The first one will be at 11 am and will last until 11:45am. The second session will be at 12pm until 12:45pm.

Make sure to check out the MCBS social media pages to keep up with all the latest of Hall of Fame 8 and tag all your photos and tweets with #MCBSHOF8 #wearemcbs #FullSailHOF so we can connect with you!!

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Written by: Jessica Cowart

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Whole Lotta Meat!

Can you ask a woman if you can take a picture of her food? NO!!! She doesn’t like it. But Kendal was more than happy to share what he was eating. He was eating something called the Kitchen Sink from Caro-Bama BBQ. It’s pork, beef, chicken, coleslaw, jalapenos, banana peppers, Carolina vinegar and Alabama white sauce, and the best part, it’s on top of bread!!

I was going to ask him for a bite, but I ended up just buying my own. It was a mixture of spice, sweet and just a whole lot of meat. Even though it sounds like a heart attack on bread, it truly took my heart away!

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Written by: Sarah Daley

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Pitch, Please!

Photo by Sangi Zuniga. From left, Priscilla Rojas, Eduardo Aguirre, Maria Camacho at Producing Your Own TV Show panel, HOF8.

Course director Jennie Jarvis introduced two Full Sail Alumni, and current TV producers, Eduardo Aguirre and Priscilla Rojas. Aguirre and Rojas break the ice with the audience by showing some previous work they have done such as promo videos. They both believe that you have to let people see your work so they can know what you are passionate about.

Since a year ago, Aguirre and Rojas have been producing and directing not only one live TV show called “La Hora del Brunch”, but also media content for a very diverse audience including, travel agencies, music videos, and entertainment apps. Aguirre as a Director and Rojas as a Producer, assigned their roles for all these projects according to what they love to do. Entertainment companies are looking for passionate people who can do the right work, so having everyone on the right position helps the work environment and the success of the own company.

“Networking is key in this school. Everyone that works at the live show with us is from Full Sail. We stick together instead of working separately” Rojas says.

Aguirre and Rojas gave some advice about how to pitch ideas for TV shows. One of the most important things is to pitch a clear idea, something that relates with the target audience that you are looking to engaged with. As well as making a great presentation with a mission, graphics, budget, data, and ideas on how the TV-set might look like. Doing the right pitch is so important in order to get sponsors and a good reputation when the TV show goes live. Aguirre also highlighted that the creation of a pilot is fundamental in order to pitch the idea in a more digital and innovative way.

“Look inside the industry and see what’s missing then create something out of it. That’s how we got our idea pitch” Aguirre says.

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Written by Maria Camacho