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Hi.

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My name is Elizabeth Gottshall,
and I am a computer science

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and studio art double major.

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And I am pursuing a job
in film in the future.

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This summer I was a
video production intern

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in New York City.

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I was an intern at a company
called Emporia Entertainment,

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which is a 360 production
company that does everything

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from photo shoots, renting
out equipment and studio

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space to video shoots,
music videos, everything.

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Their main target audience
is a Spanish speaking people

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and Latinos and Latin Americans.

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They own four properties,
which include a fashion

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magazine, an entertainment news,
and radio, a physical studio

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space in New York,
and a television show

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called Top Model Latina.

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Recently they worked
on Almost Like Praying

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with Lin Manuel Miranda,
which is for Puerto Rico.

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At my internship they
had a lot of interns.

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So they had photo interns,
marketing interns,

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fashion interns, and a lot
of video production interns.

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The video production interns
were split off into two groups.

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So there were people
who did post production.

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So they handled
all of the footage,

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and processed it, and
then edited it together

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into a final piece.

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I was part of the
physical production side.

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So I did more of the
handling equipment,

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talking and guiding
the talent on the set,

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using cameras, setting
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working with the lights,
and sound, and everything.

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And so you can see
some of the shows

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we were shooting and videos that
we were shooting right here.

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I also worked on events.

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So we went to different events
and helped prepare the venues.

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We captured footage
and video for it

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to be edited into a video later.

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And then I also worked with
their social media accounts.

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So we went to galas.

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We had parties that were hosted
at this physical studio space.

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We worked at weddings, and
some networking events too.

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I also did an episode
of their television

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show Top Model Latina, where
the models all came in.

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And we shot the whole
episode in a day

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and worked on some of
the one on one interviews

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that they had with the
contestants, as well

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as the judges.

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I also worked on
creating product reels

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for Emporia Entertainment.

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So they had a fashion
stylist come in and bring

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in products like facial
masks, shampoos, other makeup

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products.

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And we would put it
together and create

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videos for Instagram and YouTube
to help advertise and promote

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the company.

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I also did a lot of the behind
the scenes footage, which

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was important, because they
wanted to take the behind

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the scenes footage to
use for future videos,

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promotional videos, and other
commercials that they work on.

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I created original content for
their entertainment channels.

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So [INAUDIBLE] did a lot
of entertainment videos,

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as well as their news and radio.

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So some of the
entertainment videos

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might have been things like
Buzzfeed produces, like

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can you tell the
difference between waters?

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What kind of Spanish
slang is there?

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So we would create the videos.

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So we would generate the idea.

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And then we would go
through and shoot it.

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And then we would send it off
to our post production division.

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And then they would edit it
together and post it online.

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Lastly, my biggest
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was working on my own
commercial for the company.

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So everyone who was a
physical production intern

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worked on a commercial that
they created themselves.

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So we were learning about
pre-production, physical

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production, and then
post production,

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and the division of labor.

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So we all pitched our ideas.

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And then we pitched them.

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And once they were approved,
we would start creating them.

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So we created a shot
list and then shot them.

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Then we handed it off
to our chosen editors

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who would put it together.

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And then we presented
them at the end of summer.

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So I am going to play a
little bit of mine right here.

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[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

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- I'm a fashion
model and an actress.

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- I'm a director
slash videographer.

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- I'm a fashion
director and stylist.

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- I am a fashion and
commercial photographer

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based in New York City.

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- And we have been
shooting for anything.

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- I come to Emporia Studios
to take my head shots.

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- Portraits.

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- Fashion shoots.

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- Commercials.

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- [INAUDIBLE].

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- Or whatever you want.

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- Emporia Entertainment
offers quality, commitment,

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and attention to detail.

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- They're very visionary,
and they're not

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afraid to do anything new.

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- The space is available for
any kind of photography or video

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that you need to shoot.

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- They have a great team.

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They have the equipment.

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They have everything.

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- They're willing
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to try something different.

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- It's like a one stop shop.

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- This is a 360
production company.

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Here you come to do one
thing, and they do everything.

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That is amazing.

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[END PLAYBACK]

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And that was the commercial
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[INAUDIBLE]

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These are some of the employees.

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And it was really
great working with them

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because it was a very
diverse group of people.

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Everyone was really interesting.

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Everyone was very nice.

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It was a very
positive environment

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to work in, which is
very important when

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you try to look for a job.

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I learned a lot this summer,
which mainly included adapting

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to an environment, because
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larger than my own hometown.

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So learning how to maneuver
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was very important.

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I learned how to
network with people,

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how to handle and
maintain all the equipment

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that I was using, which was
very important, because you

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need to know how to
use the equipment.

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Cause once you're
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you're expected to do
it all on your own.

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There's not as much teaching.

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I also learned how to work
with a team on projects, which

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was also important,
because you needed

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to learn how to do things
very efficiently and quickly,

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but have it still be quality
content by your deadlines.

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And lastly, I learned how to
balance work and free time,

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which is also important, because
you don't want to overwork

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yourself and burn yourself out.

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So sometimes you just
had to figure out

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when you needed to take a step
back and take care of yourself,

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or when you had free
time to just have fun,

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or when you needed to
stay in and do your work.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Do your homework.

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Sometimes you still
kind of have homework.

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These are pictures of what I
did outside of my internship.

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I went to The Jimmy Fallon Show.

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I went kayaking
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Just doing overall exploring
New York was a lot of it.

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Here are some more pictures.

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I went to the Seth Meyers shows.

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I went to the Museum
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And I highly recommend it if
you're interested in film.

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And then how I got
the internship.

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Mainly it was through Google.

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So mainly it's just Google
searching everything,

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and applying to
everything that you can.

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A lot of it is getting
to know people.

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So networking is a big deal.

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I didn't think it was at first.

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But it really is.

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You have to really
talk to people.

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Because you never know who's
going to respond, or who

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hears things through
another person.

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So just keep applying, and
someone will eventually

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get back to you.

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So here's all my fellow interns.

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This is not everyone,
but most of them.

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So yeah.

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It was a great opportunity.

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I'm very grateful that
I had this opportunity

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and that I was able to find it,
and that Mount Holyoke provided

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me with the skills,
and then the funding,

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because otherwise it
wouldn't be possible.

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So I wanted to thank everyone
for coming out and listening

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to my presentation.

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