>> I think it helps our cinematographers in NFL films if they have editing experience.
You know what the director's looking for and to put a story together better.
So the more well-rounded you can be at a young age kind of probably helps you mold the past
that you're going to take in the long run.
like 10 years down the road.
And you can still do a little bit of all those other things,
even if you do have something you're specialized in,
but here at Penn State I did a little bit of everything.
I did camera work.
I worked in the control room.
Did a little bit of directing myself with things, so got a little bit of variety,
and then I changed over the years too.
What I like doing better and kind of where things are falling,
but I think my education here at Penn State in the classroom and outside
of the classroom really helped with that.
NFL films they love people who write well.
That's one of the things they stress all the time.
They like to tell us that we don't have many good writers in the building.
That there are only three people who can really write NFL films.
That's an exaggeration, but they love -- that's one of things they --
though have everyone does a write example after they do their interview.
So that's something I think they take very seriously.
They also think it's much harder to teach writing than it is to teach editing,
and so the best advice I can give that way is they're always saying read more books.
Continue to read, educate yourself.
There is constantly opportunities on campus here with like even
with our sports teams getting better with the wrestling and hockey and stuff,
there's opportunities all over the place.
And to do different forms of production and stuff, and you should really --
that's something that Penn State has over a lot of schools
that they can get this stuff right while they're in college.
It's almost like you don't have to wait till the summer time to do your internships.
Do it now.
Do it while you're here.