“Climbing the Ladder” webisode_1

“Climbing the Ladder” produced by the Elon in Los Angeles Program presents an introduction to the students living, interning, and taking classes in Elon’s newest domestic program in California. Produced by Senior Jess Linderman.
Students were asked to create individual autobiographies as their first assignment.  This is a compilation of their work.  This is the first [...]

Getting thrown into the fire

Hey everyone, it’s Ben! My first week out here I was thrown into the mix right away by joining my boss, Keith Ferrazzi, at Peter Guber’s house for the meeting on “storytelling.”  Peter is currently the CEO of Mandalay Entertainment and has produced a long list of amazing movies including Batman, Midnight Express, and Rain [...]

NBC You Later…Someday

Saturday, June 7th dawned bright and sunny. Another perfect morning in the city of Los Angeles. This particular morning was filled with optimism as the thought of being $200 richer put an extra pep in my step. The plan was simple; the day before, I received news from my internship that NBC was holding an [...]

Finding a little creativity

So I’ve been afraid for the past week that I’ve been slipping into a creativity slump. It just hit me all of the sudden a week ago. Towards the end of the year at Elon I was writing every day, working on a few productions, taking pictures, staying sharp. On my road trip out to [...]

The Top of Los Angeles

It took six days to travel in my 1997 Jeep Cherokee Sport- named Fletcher- from Charlotte, NC to Los Angeles, CA. It only took two days to establish our apartment as the place to be. Tim, Sam, Max and I played host to a few of our fellow Elon students for a night of [...]

Hitting the gold carpet… well, almost

On my first full day in LA I was filled with excitement and an urge to explore. What could I do? The possibilities were overwhelming. Upon learning on my plane ride that the 2008 MTV Movie Awards were being held in LA the first day that I would be in the city, naturally research became [...]