>> Internships are so important,
and it certainly doesn't give you money most of the time.
Filmmakers -- a lot of people can go get internships like, you know, business majors
and things like that go, and they get coops and internships.
And they make money while they're doing them.
And I'm like, wow, that's fascinating.
Filmmakers don't usually make money when they're out doing internships.
But what it gives them is not only experience actually making films or working in a office
and learning what it really means to be on the ground doing something,
but it also helps you meet more people that are in the industry.
And the hope is is that if you meet enough people while you're there and you perform well
and you work hard, that they'll ultimately give you a job
or they will help you find a job when you're done.
So I only did one internship while I was in college.
And I know people now that have done coops
and internships the entire time while they're in college.
And I think that is fantastic.
And those are the people who are getting jobs right out of school.
Those are people who are not getting extremely high paying jobs
because that doesn't usually exist for us as filmmakers.
But when I speak to my, you know, past students or people that I know in the field,
the ones that did a lot of internships or coops are the ones
that actually are further established in their careers because they have more of a, you know,
foundation in film making than the people who just were
in the classroom and working on student films.