Thursday, October 29, 2015

Blog 10: Interview 2 Reflection

Me and mah boy, Gregory Laemmlizzle 
1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

I work at Laemmle Claremont 5. I work mostly in concession and clean theaters. My mentor is the General Manager, Cassie Gratton. But there are also a few other mangers at the theater who I can observe. I don't know their last names but there is Carlos, Izzy, Lexi and Chris.
2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  

I contacted the owner of Laemmle Theaters, Greg Laemmle, in the summer, by facebook. And he responded. I met with him during the summer and we agreed that my best bet was to mentor with the Manager of my local Laemmle theater. 

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person. 

I'm pretty comfortable with her, I guess. She's very serious, because she needs to be at times. But she's also very cool. She comes over to concession sometimes and talks to me about my project. 

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

I think my interview went pretty well. The only thing I had an issue with was understanding him at times. He's obviously far more educated than I am, and he went to Berkeley, which is like nerd central. But other than that, I think it was  pretty good. I had fun.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

Me at work/mentorship



1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc). 

Yes, I have a mentor. Her name is Cassie Gratton and we've been together for about 2 months.... but she's a bit shy, so she didnt really want to get interviewed again. So, I decided to interview Greg Laemmle, the owner of Laemmle Theaters. Im scheduled to interview him on friday 10/22 at 3pm

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.   

"Managing a Movie Theater" is already a pretty specific area of my topic. So I think that's fine.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?


I dont know, I dont really like the article sources because my topic doesn't have a lot of written material to research. I want to find some YouTube interviews with different managers or maybe even an indie movie about managing a theater-type business.

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.


How can a movie theater manager ensure the future success of their theater?

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal



1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
I plan on making a short documentary that shows what goes on in a movie theater on a given day. I haven't talked to my mentor about it yet because I just came up with it but I think it could be cool. It would be in the style of "Troops", the Star Wars fan film from a few years ago. I would just silently follow people around all day and see what they are working on. Or maybe something like the pilot episode of "The Office" where the camera man just follows Michael Scott all day as he interacts with certain people.

Troops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvswNDAAZCU

Michael Scott in The Office Pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuZy9d8ob88

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will take pictures of my planning and editing. I've never made a documentary but I'm sure a lot of planning goes into it. 

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

 I think this would be very educational for my project because I wonder many times what the managers do in the box office.