Errands and Agents

Internship.

This Friday was FULL of errands. But I'm not complaining, cause that's better than sitting around all day. First, I drove to The Grove movie theater and picked up tickets for Andrew's family to go see Secret Life of Pets (although let's be real, I could have done this online). BUT, the cool thing I learned for that movie theater is that their refund policy is amazing. You can refund your ticket up to 30 minutes after the show starts so does this mean i can watch the first 30 minutes and then refund the ticket if i don't like it? probably not, somehow but i might try it one day. Next, I drove to the FedEx store on Cahuenga - luckily found a street parking spot) and spent 30 minutes there to send a fax and sort out a letter that needed to be sent in priority mail but then there were some problems so i tried to figure it out - but my boss ended up saying to just forget it! bless the asian man who was trying to help me out at the desk. After that, i drove to Andrew's house in west hollywood to make a delivery and then i got to go home early for the day!!

The other interesting thing that I'm leaving out is our... you guessed it... friday speaker! His name was James Robins Early and he is an Agent at ICM Partners. Of course he said the same thing as everyone else about making connections (he is still very close with our Director, Wynn) and the interesting part about his career path is that he originally wanted to be a producer. But after being an Agent, he says he enjoys being an Agent more than a producer's job because he gets to pull the whole movie together. For example, if a producer comes to him with an idea, he pulls the writer and the director. or if a writer pitches a script, he will pull the producer and director and vice versa. He likes to be able to pull all the puzzle pieces and put them together. He says he enjoys that more than being a producer and dealing with just one aspect. Which is pretty interesting, because it just goes to show you that no matter what you set out to be, you may not get there but that doesn't mean you won't be happy with where you end up. 

Overall, another solid week at work and I think everyone is starting to really see me/want that connection with me so yayayy!

Sick Claud.

Internship. 

sadly, i ended up not going to my internship this week because me being sick + long weekend for July 4th = no internship. 

BUT, i still worked on my novel coverage and turned that in. The producer was the one who wanted it to be covered... but i gave it a hard pass. so I hope he still likes me. i also spent my time reading more of the scripts that are being developed right now. so not all a waste. And this upcoming week, I'll have my one on one with Wynn - something to look forward to. plus another speaker. 

Friday Speakers

Internship.

pretty much i got caught in an annoying situation on Friday. All of the interns come in on Friday (even if they aren't working) and get to see a speaker, just for us. Well this Friday it was Tommy Sobel, Steven Spielberg's assistant. But i got into the office a little early, and Erica (PA) needed someone to drive out to Andrew's (the producer) new house in Malibu. Malibu is an hour away and Andrew was having furniture delivered. all. day. long. So with it being my first week, i didn't want to ask someone else to go so i could meet Tommy Sobel... so i went and stayed there. all. day. long. to be honest, the house wasn't even that impressive.. but the drive there was beautiful so it made up for everything. kind of. I also got to meet Andrew as he showed me where everything was supposed to be placed in his new house. He seems like a nice guy and told me i could drink the OJ in his fridge, so that also made up for it. kind of. 

on the bright side of things, I already have my informational interview set up with Wynn (the other producer).