Description of the video:
Scene of students at Sample Gates
Scene of clock tower at sunset
Student walks into the Media School commons
Alumnus Ellie Levi begins speaking.
“You don't really know what the advertising industry is going to be like when you actually walk into it.”
Alumnus Sydney Cohen begins speaking on a Zoom call.
“Got a lot of no's. You have to be really prepared for that, but you have to trust your gut and know that like okay, like Yes, I can do it and just hold onto those few yeses that you do get.”
Alumnus Tyler Froelich begins speaking. Scenes from students working in the computer lab and chatting a career fair play out.
“It took me a second to kind of put into words how this especially prepared me for life. I think the one word I'd use is tenacity.”
An unknown voice begins speaking while examples of student work appear on screen.
“If you come up with 100 ideas, you're going to come up with three that are probably pretty good.”
IU Professor of Practice Bill Schwab begins speaking. Scenes of students presenting their advertising proposals play.
“But what I really like the students to take away from this, is a sense that they've had an authentic experience, we've got some sense of what it actually feels like to be an advertising professional.”
A student broadcaster prepares to start filming.
Cohen begins speaking.
“From like talking about dinosaurs for hours came something that's like in the runnings for a Super Bowl commercial. So like you just never really know what you're going to come to.”
A slideshow of student-produced ad campaigns continues to play.
An unknown voice starts speaking.
“We were completely blown away at the student work. The TikTok videos, the social media ads, billboards, the artwork, the signage, what they were able to do was incredible.”
IU student Anthony Gosling begins speaking.
“It's nice to have some guidelines and it's nice to make a client happy.”
A slideshow of student works continues to play.
“They were able to participate and get feedback from leading professionals in the field. And they actually were able to take that feedback and make their projects even stronger.”
Kevin Bryant, Customer Success Manager at Adobe, begins talking.
“I think Indiana is probably the most innovative school that we do work with.”
Cohen speaks from a Zoom screen.
“So like, if you wanna do well, you will do well.”
Levi begins speaking as clips of the entrance of Franklin Hall play.
“So having this real experience has given me the chance to see what it's going to be like in my future.
“And this is the first time in my four years that I've thought I'm in the right place.”
The IU trident logo is displayed on the screen above the words: IU Media School. Students are shown walking from Franklin Hall to Sample Gates in slow motion.
