Get Fokus'd Productions

Get Fokus'd Productions Local photo & film company that desires to create art with the camera. 'Fokusing' on bringing our clients vision to life through photo and film.

Get Fokus’d Productions is a Buffalo-rooted digital storytelling and literary arts firm supporting early-career creatives through access, mentorship, real-world training, and collaboration.

Lessons LearnedA panel series featuring industry leaders sharing hacks, habits, and hustle in the creative economy. Pres...
04/29/2026

Lessons Learned

A panel series featuring industry leaders sharing hacks, habits, and hustle in the creative economy. Presented by Aitina Fareed-Cooke, The Creative Arts Strategist, Founder of Get Fokus’d Productions and Buffalo’s Poet Laureate in collaboration with Villa Maria College.

Event Details: Open & Free to the public

Date: April 29th

Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Location: Villa Maria College - 240 Pine Ridge Rd, Buffalo, NY 14225

Topic: Planning, Planning, Process & Project Management with Vocalists, Voice Actors and Songwriters

March 25th Panelists

Aryanna Denk - Poet & Author

Jillian Hanesworth - Emmy Winning, Spoken Word Artist

Ben Brindise - Poet & Teaching Artist

During our Lessons Learned panel series that focused on project management in the digital storytelling space shared the...
03/27/2026

During our Lessons Learned panel series that focused on project management in the digital storytelling space shared the importance of building and maintaining professional relationships within the digital storytelling-film industry. This can be applied to many career areas.

We developed a few practical tips you can consider as you navigate within the creative industry.

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Lessons Learned is a digital storytelling and literary arts panel discussion series created by Aitina Fareed-Cooke, foun...
03/26/2026

Lessons Learned is a digital storytelling and literary arts panel discussion series created by Aitina Fareed-Cooke, founder of . Guided by Professor Jessica Stoddard and Creative Arts Strategist , Digital Media and Communications students research and develop questions for selected panelists and assist with project management for each public panel discussion.

Our first session featured professionals from the digital storytelling, film, and audio production industries.

Lessons Learned was made possible thanks to the support of , , and .







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Join us for another Lessons Learned: A Panel Series featuring industry leaders sharing hacks, habits, and hustle in the ...
03/23/2026

Join us for another Lessons Learned: A Panel Series featuring industry leaders sharing hacks, habits, and hustle in the creative economy. Presented by Aitina Fareed-Cooke , The Creative Arts Strategist, Founder of and Buffalo’s Poet Laureate in collaboration with .

What makes this uniques is that this is a curriculum based engagement, DMC 203 Practical Multimedia students researched each panelists and developed questions that will be presented by Aitina as the moderator.

Next Fokus: Planning, Process & Project Management with Vocalists, Voice Actors and Songwriters

Panelists:

03/01/2026

A collection of creatives connecting to contribute to such a historic moment. BFR Black Carpet III at was epic. We are grateful to be the media sponsor for this year’s journey.

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Buffalo, NY — Aitina Fareed-Cooke, The Creative Arts Strategist, Founder of Get Fokus’d Productions and Buffalo’s Poet L...
02/18/2026

Buffalo, NY — Aitina Fareed-Cooke, The Creative Arts Strategist, Founder of Get Fokus’d Productions and Buffalo’s Poet Laureate, presents Lessons Learned, an ongoing series of conversations with leaders in the creative economy. Produced in collaboration with Get Fokus’d Productions and Villa Maria College, Lessons Learned brings together celebrated voices from digital storytelling and the literary arts to share insights, strategies, and practical advice for thriving in today’s creative marketplace.

Join us Feb 25th at for a panel discussion centered around Planning, Process & Project Management in the Digital Storytelling Industry

Panelists include:

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