Patriciana Tenicela has joined BANG Music + Audio Post as producer, working directly on the company’s commercial projects as well as TV and film productions. She most recently worked for RadicalMedia as an associate producer on long form content for television and film. She began at BANG on December 3rd, the first “official” day of the company’s occupancy of its new headquarters on 35th Street in New York City.
Tenicela first moved to New York from Washington, DC in 2012 with nothing more than a suitcase and an unpaid internship at Inked Magazine. She got her first taste of the industry working as a vault technician-turned-office manager for commercial post house NO6. From there, she quickly moved into the producer role for Brooklyn-based startup Rad Brooklyn working closely with agencies, clients and reps on short form branded content. And following Rad she joined RadicalMedia, gaining experience in a much larger production landscape.
BANG’s president Brian Jones said of Tenicela, “Her deep experience across so many versions of A-list postproduction is a perfect fit for the variety of projects we work on and has made it possible for her to jump into our madness with both feet.”
The feeling is mutual. “I’ve really looked forward to working for a company that focuses on music and audio, which has always played a major role in my life,” said Tenicela. She is a freelance concert photographer for online blogs and print magazines, and in a past life played flute for a marching band and bass in an indie-rock band.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More