Elon in Los Angeles is a nine-week opportunity for students to live, learn and intern in the capitol of the entertainment world. This summer, the program will run from June 1 to Aug. 4.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE. Regular deadline is March 1. Click the following link and fill out the online application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eloninlanycapplication
Please note that the business and academic recommendation form must be either mailed to J. McMerty at 2850 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 or delivered to McEwen 004 or 101.(Download the recommendation form HERE.)
The program, open to all majors, accepts up to 40 students, who will earn six hours of credit (two hours of internship and four hours of a communications elective) while onsite in Hollywood.
While students spend their summers taking the class that most interests them, they all work together during their nine weeks on the larger, end-of-summer project—the five short films that will eventually be screened at the American Film Institute. The films are produced and directed by students in the production class and star students in the acting class. The PR students, then, put together press kits containing plot synopses, cast lists and production bios to circulate to attendees, and develop a social media strategy for the individual films.
Students participating in Elon in LA have regularly scheduled activities, such as film screenings, behind the scenes tours of productions in progress and mentoring interactions with our alumni working and living in Los Angeles.
Check out coverage from this year's Elon in LA experience:
Check out the coverage from last year's Elon in LA experience:
Check out our student blog from years past at http://eloninla.wordpress.com.
Questions? Contact the Elon in LA program coordinator.
“If I just come out here by myself, I don’t think I’d get the opportunity to get feedback and work with all kinds of different people. Being out here gives us an excuse to work together. But at the same time, it’s also a competition. It’s a weird mix of working together but also that push you get from seeing everyone else work and saying, ‘I want to be good, too.’” – Asha Wilson ’13, Media Arts & Entertainment majorand intern at Martin Chase Productions in Los Angeles in the summer of 2011
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