Day Four: June 13th, 2018
Today, I finished my coverage letter for "Josie and the Pussycats." Immediately afterwards, I made a coverage letter for season one, episode one of "Serial." Because I haven't read it since last week, there were bits and pieces I forgot that occurred in it; so I listened to it again. After that, I completed its coverage letter in about two hours.
After completion, I was invited by the EEP staff to sit in on a meeting with another creative media house. A woman came in person, and a man video chatted from his home. I did not talk much here because their joint-project is so far into production, I had no idea what they were talking about.
After the meeting, Heather and I stayed behind so she can walk me through what they do at EEP. She has been very busy these past few weeks, so she never had time to actually sit down and talk one-on-one, until now.
Basically, EEP is an entertainment creative house that creates action/adventure franchises. When making these franchises, there is a pyramid you have to climb. You start at the bottom, making books, web series, and podcasts. This takes about a year to put together. Upon completion, you make a deal with a publisher or podcast specialist. When selling the book or podcast, make sure it does well. The next level of the pyramid (mid-tier) is television shows. Above that comes T-shirts and games; and above that (top-tier) are films and very expensive television shows. When creating a property, it takes five years to get to the top of the pyramid.
Unlike other media enterprises, EEP likes to innovate on the creative (deal) side as well. When a publisher, podcast specialist, or major studio buys EEP's medium rights (intellectual property); EEP wants to stay at the center of it all. This process is very subjective and atypical, but it's how they want to work.
Over the course of the internship, I will learn how to pitch ideas. Heather told me to buy Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff, which I'll gladly do. By the end of the summer, I will pitch my own idea/property to EEP. I don't expect it to be successful, because this is my first pitch, and the first pitch never works; but I'm learning, and that's what I'm here for.
After the meeting, I read all three issues of "Cloudia and Rex." This story was much more confusing than any other here for EEP; so I had to reread it while I was completing its respective coverage letter. I didn't finish it today, but I will next time.
After completion, I was invited by the EEP staff to sit in on a meeting with another creative media house. A woman came in person, and a man video chatted from his home. I did not talk much here because their joint-project is so far into production, I had no idea what they were talking about.
After the meeting, Heather and I stayed behind so she can walk me through what they do at EEP. She has been very busy these past few weeks, so she never had time to actually sit down and talk one-on-one, until now.
Basically, EEP is an entertainment creative house that creates action/adventure franchises. When making these franchises, there is a pyramid you have to climb. You start at the bottom, making books, web series, and podcasts. This takes about a year to put together. Upon completion, you make a deal with a publisher or podcast specialist. When selling the book or podcast, make sure it does well. The next level of the pyramid (mid-tier) is television shows. Above that comes T-shirts and games; and above that (top-tier) are films and very expensive television shows. When creating a property, it takes five years to get to the top of the pyramid.
Unlike other media enterprises, EEP likes to innovate on the creative (deal) side as well. When a publisher, podcast specialist, or major studio buys EEP's medium rights (intellectual property); EEP wants to stay at the center of it all. This process is very subjective and atypical, but it's how they want to work.
Over the course of the internship, I will learn how to pitch ideas. Heather told me to buy Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff, which I'll gladly do. By the end of the summer, I will pitch my own idea/property to EEP. I don't expect it to be successful, because this is my first pitch, and the first pitch never works; but I'm learning, and that's what I'm here for.
After the meeting, I read all three issues of "Cloudia and Rex." This story was much more confusing than any other here for EEP; so I had to reread it while I was completing its respective coverage letter. I didn't finish it today, but I will next time.
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