Author: KEVIN CLARK/ Dakar Apprenticeship Editor

The countdown is over—Hollywood in Pixels’ 10th Anniversary Silver Pixel Awards have officially arrived, and the energy around this milestone celebration has been building for weeks! Ahead of the October 16th ceremony, Dakar Foundation’s Apprenticeship crew sat down with board member Jay Tucker, Tuesday, September 23rd to kick off a a series of pre-award interviews…

Dakar Foundation Apprenticeship Cohort Announcement The next cohort of Dakar Foundation Apprentices are focusing on harnessing the power of storytelling, digital twinning, and generative AI to support recovery and resilience efforts for Los Angeles County wildfire victims. Dakar is in conversation(s)with organizations such as the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), California Jobs First,…

The question of service and sacrifice, blood and treasure, and what’s make a hero are the subject of this post about the impact of the media project entitled, “Victory By Valor”. The story of Victory By Valor is not just about athletes or soldiers—it is about the eternal question of what it means to give…

The National Anthem was performed under the roof of the Grindhouse to kickoff an homage to the 1989 Movie “Best Of The Best”. The Dakar Apprenticeship crew was invited to capture the sights and sounds of a quintessential martial arts fan experience in Los Angeles centered around one the few films from the late ’80s…

A Night to remember with Felecia “Krystal Kleer” Howse in Tarzana Last night in Tarzana, Ca—the music engineering hub of Los Angeles—we were graced with the melodic sounds of Felecia “Krystal Kleer” Howse. Known as a prominent member of Mo Thug Family and former partner of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony founding member Layzie Bone, Felecia has long…

Yesterday, we took a small crew of Dakar apprentices to The Heaven Studio in Tarzana, in the same complex as the ledgendary Can Am Studio to bring a wild idea to life — The Heaven Set… or Sent? This was the first in a planned series of on-the-job training laboratories for Dakar Live Programming to…

Podcast Recap: AI Civil War in Hollywood. Point-Counter-Point Host: Chris Jai AlexGuests: Keith Arem, Ben Ramsey, Drew McClellanSpecial Guest: Jeff Thompson (Oracle / USC Annenberg, LA County Workforce) AI Rise Of The Machines, Civil War in Hollywood A deep dive into the growing tensions in the entertainment industry due to artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial…

Day two of the Youth Edutainment League, was hyper experiential for Dakar Foundation as 10 of our apprentices were on hand to learn cinematic camera operations and prepare for a forum this Friday on the use and impact of AI. We assembled the RED Komodo X, and the V Raptor X, and took both on…

Innovation Meets Impact: Microsoft SustAInLA Pitch Awards $15K to Visionary Green /Blue Tech Solutions In a compelling fusion of environmental stewardship and cutting-edge artificial intelligence, Microsoft hosted a high-impact SustAInLA Pitch event this past Friday June 27th, awarding $15,000 in seed funding to the most promising green/blue tech solutions developed by emerging innovators. Held at…