Entertainment Industry Network (EIN)

"The Entertainment Industry Network has worked since its creation to bring the different factions of the USC graduate film school together with parties, pitch fests and social gatherings. Equally important to our mission is putting students in touch with industry professionals with guest speakers and Dinner for Eight events. Dinner for Eights are events in which an industry professional will host a dinner at his or her home, or sometimes at a restaurant, for eight students. This setting provides an intimate forum for some up-close brain-picking.

Each year, as it grows, the EIN puts its best foot forward to make intermingling between writers, production students, producers, animators, interactive media and critical studies students a more integral part of grad life at USC. This year we’re planning a Sundance trip, three large parties, a couple pitch nights, as many Dinner for Eights as we can, and working on getting an information panel started featuring speakers that have been recent festival winners. We’re also concentrating on planning smaller more frequent and casual events like happy hours and screenings, and getting the ball rolling with UCLA and AFI in addition to forming alliances with the business school and entertainment law students here at USC."

I'm honored to be the Interactive Media EIN representative for 2004-2005. Please feel free to email me with any questions, ideas, dinner for eight host requests, and/or to be added to the EIN-email list.