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...rule in Hollywood is there are no rules,” a junior agent says, smiling like a smug demigod...
...extols the virtues of a job that lets you hang with Snoop at a release party one night and scout LA clubs for the next big music act. We’re rapt with attention. The point is not that we’re trying to hustle a few Hollywood agents for upcoming jobs. No, the point is they’re hustling...
...Many Faces of Hollywood...
They created the week-long “Harvardwood 101” course to demystify Hollywood by plugging their own contacts and having them meet us, talk with us and give us tours of industry hotspots. Some 24 undergrads, mostly seniors, spent three longs days examining the gears of the machine, traveling to places such as the Disney/ABC Company, Fox Studios, Entity FX, Univision and the graduate Film School at USC. We also attended panels in which Harvard alumni discussed topics ranging from TV writing to music litigation...
Much like investment banking and consulting firms that target Ivy League campuses for the work ethic of the students, the powers that be in Hollywood sought us out to fill highly competitive job slots. At the Disney/ABC Company, we met with representatives of Strategic Planning, Window Producing (marketing) and Creative Development. We watched point-by-point PowerPoint presentations that educated us on the structural components of the conglomerate merger, emphasizing the “wholesome and honest” image Disney strives to uphold in order to maintain its mass appeal...