So this summer is coming to a close and with it our internship has officially ended. The funny thing is, in this business the kind of internship we had leads to a relationship that surpasses just this summer. It is a relationship that myself, Annie, and Elizabeth will continue to keep strong between one another and of course, Liz. We have learned an inexplicable amount about this business from so many different angles. It's kind of incredible that it was only 2 months. Without getting too sentimental, from all of us, we just wanted to publicly thank Liz for everything she did for us this summer. She both treated us as trusted colleagues and employees with integral creative work while simultaneously teaching and training us in a crash course on directing, surviving this industry, and being a professional. Whether it was cutting a reel, creating a website, writing a breakdown, practicing a pitch, helping to create a publicity packet, visiting a set, guiding ourselves around a studio backlot, or even just grabbing the ever-necessary latte, through our experiences we have a basis that many people don't get until they dive into this world themselves. That is priceless. What's more, we even have begun our own portfolios as directors this summer and now have the momentum and confidence it takes to keep adding to them as well as the knowledge and wherewithal to know how to do so.
Our work also continues past this summer more concretely. We are already planning shorts and other projects to shoot during the year. Elizabeth is staying out in LA and will continue to help Liz on future projects and will eventually be moving in with fellow Maxwellton Workshop students Emma, Linda, and Caitlin (expect a few guest posts coming soon). Both myself and Annie will be back at Cornell, both taking filmmaking courses, continuing learning the theoretical and practical sides of film we have started learning out here, albeit maybe a little more formally (who needs grades?)
Throughout the year, though, all of us as well as the Maxwellton Workshop members will be in touch and prep for hopefully working together on bigger projects in the future. Did I hear a feature film next summer perhaps? We'll see...
....but expect a lot of fake moustaches.
Peace
Love
Maxwellton
Signing off from the Min,
Jesse, Annie, and Elizabeth
PS. Shiri mentioned our blog on twitter! Watup 24,000 followers! Big thanks!!!
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Shiri Appleby
Check out what it's like working on a pitch for Hulu from the pov of a Hollywood intern... http://bit.ly/OJJEEq Such fun to work with them!
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