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As my internship is coming to the end, I thought that I would share some of my Random Thoughts or Lessons from my time in NY.   Warning: The Pigeons are crazy. They are not like normal birds. They really think they run the city. When walking in New York, I suggest wearing headphones and […]

As an intern in the market and media research department, I have my very own Nielsen account. Which I find to be exciting, since my only exposure to Nielsen numbers were textbooks, various websites and the Station Index books from the reading room. Nielsen offers a very special service called Nielsen U. Basically, its instructions […]

Series Development at Stiletto- At the end of week three I got a call from Rob saying, “Are you ready for ‘phase two’?” It began the next day at Stiletto Entertainment, Barry Manilow’s production company comprised of two buildings, across the street from each other, tucked away off the freeway in Inglewood. Upon arrival, after […]

Here are some tips to for all you lovely people who will have your wedding day taped: 1) Make sure you know how many camera angles you are paying for, how many of those camera angles are manned, and how long it will take for the video to get made. The footage from unmanned camera […]

As all of you know, my “production company” is Pure Genius Pictures.  I got the name from the first time I ever tried to write a script.  I’d carry a binder with me, and scribble away between classes in high school.  People would always ask me what I was doing, and I would reply with […]

Please sing that title to the tune of “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty.  Thank you. I finished my internship up two weeks ago.  Finally I got a called from the people at Allied Pixel to be a production assistant for a shoot this Friday.  I was working with a crew from San Francisco, who had […]

In this post, I’m going to talk about three important things I’ve learned since beginning my internship.  This isn’t really advice to anyone else; it’s more like advice to myself that I thought I’d share with all of you. Be patient:  I’ve always been someone who wants to get things done immediately – if I […]

Reality: Casting & Series Development- The first “phase” of my internship began the day I arrived in LA, at the end of a three-day and two-hour cross-country road trip. It began, as I exited the freeway to scope out the office for Monday, with a phone call. It was my supervisor Craig, calling to touch […]

My internship this summer was in the development department of TLC, a sister channel of Discovery. Although I hope to pursue writing and developing scripted material, I am really fascinated by the storytelling process regardless of genre. I was excited to be a part of this process for the summer, and was hopeful that the […]

Companies like having free labor around and aren’t always going to replace interns with people they have to pay.  At Blackbelt TV we desperately need more assistant editors and editors but the owner doesn’t not want to spend the money right now.  It works out for me as an intern since I get to a lot more than I […]