I plan on upping this whenever I see fit. For all of you intending on getting into the entertainment industry, you will almost ALWAYS have to intern somewhere. My reccomendation? Intern somewhere with WORTH, with a NAME, something. If you intern (as I did in college) at a no-name, bedroom run "production" company, it's a waste of time and energy. Plus I mean, they can't pay the people "working" for them so how they can they offer you a job?

My Story:

I graduated film school in June of 2005. After months of getting no bites on my resume (after countless changes and tweaks), I hit up LA411.com and blindly faxed out 45 resumes to music video/commercial production companies. The one that called me back was A Band Apart, the production company responsible for Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, and numerous music videos and commercials.

The Story As Of Now:

A Band Apart wanted me to join as an intern. I graciously accepted. If nothing else, it was experience in a field I am desperate to get into (MUSIC VIDEOS), and a name to attach to my resume. Today (April 25th) was my first day. Needless to say, I love the environment of the office (despite it being slow right now) and the people who work there. Infinitely better than my first internship. Basically, today I familiarized myself with the A Band Apart directors material on their reels (as if I'm not versed on John Landis' material. I watched his reel anyway cause it had the full length Thriller video on it), such as Michael Palmieri, Coodie and Chike, etc. There's still other reels for me to get through...Steve Buscemi, Andy Dick, Darren Aronofski, McG, and others...but so far, so good. Also, I helped clean up "The Bullpen", basically a "Boiler Room" of sorts for when productions go on (barebones room of desks and phones to work off of).

Oh, and there was the running all over town. I live just out of Los Angeles County. I love it cause it's a safe, low-key town with NO traffic, but is only a short distance from the madness that is LA/Hollywood. Today I got to re-familiarize myself with Los Angeles, running around from storage center to restaurant to frame store to Beverly Hills library. I'm working for free (right now), but I'm enjoying it. I like DOING something. I like working toward something. And really, you can't beat doing runs around LA if you relax from the traffic with an iPod plugged in in the car and the window down. The weather is just getting better and so far, so good.

Anyway, I'll be upping this regardless of replies, simply because I think it'll be of value to our up and coming film students/ambitious career searchers. Feel free to ask any questions, and I will answer them as best and as honestly as I can. That's all for now.

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