If I had had the opportunity that's been
presented in this film, I think I would
have learned much, much more than when I
was on my first film "My Big Fat Greek
Wedding" walking around going "what's
craft services?"
I think it's amazing. Because, sometimes the hardest thing to do is
get the job, it doesn't mean you can't do
a job, but the hardest thing to do is
get the job or get an opportunity.
Here I am, on a Hollywood film set that is
not in Hollywood. It has been my dream
forever, so it's kind of come true.
I'm definitely very excited about this internship.
I'm very excited to work with
professionals and
step it up from student films, and really just immerse myself into Hollywood.
You know, they are involved with a real motion picture, which is very unique.
These students are really here
because they want to learn, and they want
to make something, they want to be a part
of something...
My name is Katherine Foust
My name is David Breschel
My name is Ashley Peatross
And I am the assistant to the director
The assistant to the line producer
Co-producer on Car Dogs
I was brought on to Car Dogs because of Adam Collis
He said, "How about you work on a feature film?"
And I was all for it...
I moved to LA, I became Adam's assistant
And that 's really when we started working on "Car Dogs" full time.
A lot of what Adam tries to do
is connect students with Hollywood professionals
This is kind of the crown jewel of that mission.
You go to film school because
you want to work in movies.
I think it's been great that we have been able to
give this opportunity to so many students
where they can actually be doing
what they want to be doing.
I think this is the ideal film school environment
The line producer is Marine Mottley
Marine is a very good mentor.
She knows what she wants,
she has a vision
She knows in every department what's going on
All the departments heads,
they want to help us grow
in our own fields.
Everyday on set is not the same.
I don't have the exact same duties
as I did yesterday,
and I won't have the
exact same duties that I'll have tomorrow.
I like the variety, I like the challenge
of having the fast pace,
high stress levels at times
but it's very exciting and
I just like seeing the process of everyone coming together
and I just love the experience of making the film
Overall, I learned, you know,
how to be a professional on set
It's so different from
student productions.
You learn stuff here that
you would never learn in class.
I feel like I really have a leg up.
(Helicopter hovering above)
Hey everybody,
we're at the red carpet for the Catalina Film Festival
Having a great time,
with a bunch of "Car Dogs" interns
It's tons of fun
"Alright - how about a one, two, three "Car Dogs"
One, Two, Three: Car Dogs!"
Now I am
the executive assistant to the Vice President of
Production at the Agency for the Performing Arts
Currently, I am one of the first ASU Film Spark Fellows
and, I am the assistant to Sherryl Clark,
the executive producer
for "Cloverfield", "Morning Glory" and "Fathers and Daughters"
Right now I am working on a project
called "The Mad Whale"
It's a feature film that is a co-production between
USC's Graduate Program
and "Rabbit Bandini",
James Franco's production company.
"Car Dogs" sort of taught me what to expect
going into jobs in the film industry.
I learned what a professionally-run set looks like
which is much different that a student-run set.
What's amazing about what Film Spark is doing is
It's a great opportunity to
get to know these people,
who have more established careers in LA
then you call that person up when you move out to LA
You don't need a reference,
because the person that you like to work for,
already is your reference.
The internship set me apart from
other students coming straight out of film school
because I had real world experience.
What I think this internship gave me
that set me apart from other candidates was
that Sherryl didn't have to teach me again
things that I had already learned from Marine
I wanted to tell employers
I know what it's like
I understand
It's not just being passionate
about your profession,
it's a business
It's tough to say
when I would have gotten to the point
that I am now
without "Car Dogs".
It's a chance that I got
at 22 years old
straight out of school
and I lot of people never get
I think it would have taken at least a year
for me to, if I had just moved out to Los Angeles,
cold turkey,
without the experience I gained on "Car Dogs"
Because "Car Dogs" just gave me that,
the foot in the door, my first feature film,
it gave me the experience and
that way, employers, they don't
have to guess, or wonder, or question your abilities
I would tell any film student
that they should definitely
do the feature film internship.
Do it.
Now
The secret is possible
You have to do it.
Like, you can't learn film in a classroom.
You have to go on a set and have to do it.