Final Blog Posts/What I have learned from my Internship at dvDepot

The thing about dvDepot is that unless I had a full time job there I wouldn't really have worked in the field much. Yes, they did prepare me for the field but I wasn't really given any in field experience. I did, however, learn much of what I would need to do to be a Production Assistant. I expanded my skills in various areas, such as camera work, lighting, and other field work needed to know to be a PA. I'm honestly not one hundred percent sure it would me much different if I worked there full time, so no, I wouldn't want a full time job there. However, it didn't discourage me from wanting to work in the film industry. I know all internships are different. Though I enjoyed it, I still need an internship that gives me more hands on experience in the actual field. I have much experience in the field, but I would really like to expand on that. I can never learn enough skills in this field.
I would want to be a PA to start. Though I would like a higher position, I would like to start at a lower on because its it provides me with skills I need to obtain first. I'm not the type of person that just wants to jump to my dream job, because I honestly need more time learning the lower jobs, building a thick skin and taking constructive criticism before I can be successful in a career as a director. Bottom line I would pursue a job as a PA but only as a starting job, because I feel it's something I need and something that will truly make me stronger both psychologically, physically, and even emotionally.
Much of the time at dvDepot I was running errands for the company or doing inventory or sitting around when it was quiet. I was disappointed a little to be honest. That doesn't mean I didn't learn anything. I was trained how to set up and test lights and work with cameras I never worked with before and the dynamics of some of them.
The most important good thing I learned from this internship was what I need to do to work as a PA. When I was interviewed I was told my skills in film were what they were looking for, but I was never really able to utilize them, because the company never gave me the opportunity. I learned that companies can tell you they need you for one thing and make you do another. Some of those things are the jobs no one else wants to do.
I would keep in touch with dvDepot as a reference for future jobs. There is no other reason to really keep in touch with them. The company was nice and so were the staff, but i felt I could have gotten more out of it. i would recommend this internship to someone with much less experience than me. I did learn some things, but it;s an internship for students that don't have many skills at all in the film industry. Honestly, I most looking forward to my summer internship where I'll be traveling in and out of state to films and photograph and I will be editing as well. that is something to really look forward to.