Discussion served as a resource for internship information
Ashley Holland
Senior/Co-term in Communications
Internships:
Creative Agency Artists (CAA) - Film Finance Dept.
Court TV- Program Development
Capitol Records- Marketing
How did you get the internship?
** Sophomore year- friend connection in record label.
**Junior Year- T. Howard Foundation- Minorities and Women into the entertainment industry. Deadline: December 31, 2008. Website: www.t-howard.org
**Senior Year- Stanford Alum Network- Kept in touch, suggests knowing someone who knows HR in agency.
Internship Duties:
*Court TV- Development- Deciding what shows goes on air. Ashley got to observe casting for shows and read some scripts not as much as most development interns, though.
*CAA duties- 6 weeks paid internship. Presentations from other people in the company
1st week – mail room, delivering packages, networking
After 2nd week- Finance Dept
Met a lot of influential people. Had lunch meetings all the time.
Favorite memory: Meeting Peter Chernin, Cal Alum , COO of News Corporation and CEO of FOX Group
.
Suggestions: The Music Industry is Crumbling, if interested in music, the Digital Media Industry is where to go.
Feel Free to Contact Ashley at Ashleyh1@stanford.edu with questions regarding music, television, agencies, and the T. Howard Foundation.
Lisa Kerner
Sr. English Major
Film Studies Minor
Internships:
Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program"
Everyman Pictures
How did you get the internship?
**Everyman Pictures (Jay Roach’s Company) - Stanford Alum, producer of Austin Powers Trilogy, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers. Film Dept. has Stanford Alum contact info.
**Sarah Silverman Program- Family friend (owns Prop House in LA) put her in contact with production team.
Internship Duties:
*Everyman Pictures: Stable, 9am -7pm job; reading scripts and writing Script Coverage (great lesson for writers, Learn what works and what doesn’t in a script), sit in on meetings (witness creativity), answer phones, watch lots of movies.
*Sarah Silverman- Wacky days 7am- 10pm. Worked as a set production assistant. Ran around with a walkie-talkie and everyone comes to you with problems. Very Stressful but exciting! Other duties included escorting actors to set, making tea for actors, setting up for production meetings, manual labor (moving furniture), going on tech scouts with the tcrew, etc. Table reads. (Network meetings).
Favorite Memory: Getting to know Sarah Silverman on a very personal level. Wrap party in LA.
Suggestions: Finding an internship is a long process, don’t get discouraged.
Feel free to contact Lisa at lckerner@stanford.edu with questions regarding film development, TV production, and film editing.
Kyle Evaldez
Sr. Film Studies and Psychlogy Major
Internship:
Handsome Charlie Productions
Plan B Productions
How did you get your internship?
**Contacted Stanford Alum through Film Dept.
Internship Duties:
Both Companies really small.
*Handsome Charlie Production- Natalie Portman’s Production Company. Duties included script coverage, script reading catering to Natalie Portman’s character; Sit in on small meetings, get to know producers very well. Had to be a producer’s assistant (2 weeks)- PR, taking messages.
*Plan B- worked with 3 producers, mostly with Jeremy Kleiner (The Departed). Script Coverage- read script and give a one page summary.
Favorite moment: Personal Interactions in Handsome Charlie and Plan B Production. Getting to know Natalie Portman.
Suggestions: Don’t be intimidated by the offers. Know when to say yes and when it is okay to say no.
Feel free to contact Kyle at kedemon@stanford.edu with questions regarding film development, film production, and/or the film studies department.
Jason Richman
Sr. English Major
Econ Minor
Internships:
Showtime Television- Production
Dreamworks Animation (Production of Shrek the Halls)
How did you get your internship?
**Sophomore Year- Dreamworks website-submit resume, phone interview
**Junior- Email Resume on website, Interviewed at end of March, called back for 5 weeks and ended up getting internship– sent resume to multiple companies.
Duties:
Dreamworks duties- Sitting in on dailys (briefing the whole production team), shadowed lighting, animation, character effects.
Speakers for the intern. Animation movies take several years.
Showtime- Worked with development. Future shows and current on air show.
Dexter- Hands-on budgeting, call sheets, and SAG contracts.
Favorite Memory: Season 4 wrap party for Weeds. Visit Dexter’s Set.
Suggestions: When looking for an internship BE PERSISTENT and once there have things to do (occupy your time and don’t look bored.)
Feel free to contact Jason at richoman@stanford.edu with questions regarding tv production, Dreamworks Intership, and/or Showtime Intership.
AJ Balance
Sr. International Relations Major
Feel free to contact AJ at balance@stanford.edu with questions regarding the business side of entertainment.
Jett Fein
Sr. Art History Major
ICM (International Creative Media)- Motion Picture Talent
Feel free to contact Jett at Jettfein@stanford.edu with questions regarding Agency and/or motion pictures.
