Inside ArtsForce's Career Trek to Inpatient Cow Productions

December 08 2021
Career Trek participants at Inpatient Cow Productions Career Trek participants at Inpatient Cow Productions

By Cayden Turnbow 

A few weeks ago, ArtsForce led a Career Trek offering a behind-the-scenes look at the one and only Impatient Cow Productions! The largest career trek to date went as follows; an overview of what Inpatient Cow Productions is and what they do, a deep dive into the post production workflow for a typical client, a tour of the production spaces available there, and then a debrief at Publik Coffee.

Getting to see what the day-to-day actually looks like in a production house gives students an idea of what to expect post graduation.

The goal of this trek was to instill in students the importance of internships especially within in the arts and the give them an up close look at the day to day of a production studio. “[Internships] in film can teach you a lot of important things that aren't always taught in the classroom,” said Jackie Bohn, one of the students who attended the trek. While going to school can provide you with opportunities to develop your craft and meet like minded people, internships like the ones provided at ICP give students real world experience that cannot be replicated in a classroom.

Getting to see what the day to day actually looks like in a production house gives students an idea of what to expect post graduation. One of Kyle Pflieger’s takeaways from the trek had to do with “the breadth of work they engage in, and the ‘jack-of-all-trades' nature most of the employees have.” This seemed like a typical expectation of employees at a production house like ICP.

“This was my first time being in a film production studio and I liked how cozy and fun the atmosphere was,” said Sandy Detweiler. Not all of the students who attended this trek were film majors, a variety of arts students were able to discover the multitude of possibilities that come with a career in film.

Overall, ICP was a memorable experience to say the least, if there is one thing you should take away from our visit it should be “work hard and take advantage of internships!” noted Lana Ballenot.

We hope you can join ArtsForce for our career treks, and the 9th Annual Networking Event in the spring.
Stay tuned for more information about those events!