A Day in the Life of...

... an intern at Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Spyglass Entertainment!

My two internships are very different, so outlining what I do at each is pretty different. If there was one thing that I wish I would have known before starting the Ladder Program it was what the interns were doing on a daily basis.

T:SCC
At Sarah Connor I work in the production office, basically as a production assistant (PA). My daily duties include doing sides, copying schedules and call sheets, distributing materials to the other departments, and generally making sure that everything as a whole is running okay. Throughout the day I might be called to another department to help out. For example, I have helped match cut some footage in post, visited location, and helped the art department with various tasks.

Overall, working on the WB lot is very "hands on." I get to attend meetings, meet all the crew, and help out where ever I am needed, or where ever I would like to be that day. The days are long (about 12 hours) but because of all the tasks to be completed, it goes by fast and I am always having fun.

Spyglass Ent.
Spyglass, on the other hand, is a very different type of internship. I work in the creative development office and have less "running around" to do and more office work. On a daily basis I collect articles for the staff to read throughout the day, read scripts, provide script breakdowns, cover desks as needed, bind scripts, and, unfortunately, go on lunch runs every now and again.

It's a good internship to really expose someone to the fact that Hollywood is very much a business and not all glamor and excitement. Although it is the office of creative development, I see wheeling and dealing by the creative executives every day, all day. There are different writers, directors, cinematographers, and other personalities coming in to meet with the CEs all the time. Although it may not be as exciting as T:SCC. there is definitely more going on in the office that will soon translate onto the big screen in a few years.

-Jake