044: Creative Internships, What’s the Tea?

Catalyst: A Creative Industries Podcast

Catalyst is a Creative Industries podcast, from Chapman University. Each episode features Chapman students who have completed a Podcasting course through the Center for Creative and Cultural Industries at the university. Students who had no podcasting experience or technical ability in the genre before taking the course were able to contribute all the segments to Catalyst this season with the goal being that they will take this ‘hands-on’ experience and carry it over to the launching of their very own series. Each episode of Season 6 will feature one to two different interviews conducted by CCI students, exploring different aspects of the Creative and Cultural Industries.

This week’s episode of Catalyst features Koki Kayo as he talks shop with Animation/ VFX artist and student Cheryl Lee. Lee, whose areas of specialty include animation, visual effects, film production and graphics design, sits down for an honest interview with Koki about what an internship experience with a full-service visual effects studio is really like. Lee who interned with Ingenuity Studios in Los Angeles contributed to high profile projects for Disney, Marvel and Hulu in addition to creating the official lyrics video for Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm Down’. Learn about what expectations are when interning at such a well-known studio as well as what colleagues and collaborations are really like in such an environment. Koki and Cheryl wrap the interview with several poignant pieces of advice regarding what a student can and should take away from an internship, regardless of which industry they may be participating in.