Kara Mauer

         This summer, I have received an incredible opportunity to intern with an executive producer at Vandal/Apocalyptic Entertainment. They are a film production company specializing in producing and creating new films and comedy remakes. Screenwriters looking to pitch a script will send their story to the company's producers, who in turn get the final decision on whether or not they will pick it up. My job as an intern is to make the first pass on brand new scripts from writers.    My first job as an intern is to read through a script and perform script coverage on the story. "Coverage" is a term that describes basic script notes. It is helpful for executives because all they have to do is read the interns' work. Executives receive hundreds of scripts a day, and they do not have time to read through all of them and form an opinion. That is where I come in. I read a script, and then I create my own personal logline. A "logline" is a one or two-sente...

I come from a family of four, consisting of my mother, father, older sister, and myself. I have lived in Southern California my entire life, going to school, participating in competitive dance, playing instruments, and now attending USC. I am a Film Production major who has found my voice in the stories that I would like to tell, as well as what aspects of that work I would like to pursue. I would love to write and direct my own projects, become a producer, then an executive, possibly starting my own production company. Currently, I am interning at a production company, where I am performing script coverage, and following an executive. After this, I would like to get a job doing development a studio, while writing a feature film of my own.       I am incredibly similar to my parents. My father taught me patience and that being underestimated is the best tool at your disposal. My mother taught me how to be a strong woman, and how to question things in life. I am unlik...