Major independent production company is looking for interns who are interested in careers in television or film as a studio executive, network executive, producer, agent, writer or director.

The internship will NOT consist of making copies instead the student will learn fundamentals of the entertainment industry, fundamentals of being an assistant, and actively participating in the research and development of company projects. In addition the intern will learn assistant skills such as learning a phone sheet, phone terminology, scheduling and confirming meetings, etc.

Students will help think of titles for television shows, review treatments, conduct online research, help cast shows and much more. Must be very professional, polished, talented, and commited.

Hundreds of former interns are now working full time in companies like Silver Pictures, Warner Brothers, CBS, ABC, Fox, VH1, MTV, William Morris Agency, CAA and others.

Independent production company seeks creative marketing interns. This is an execellent opportunity for someone interested in a career in graphic design. The ideal candidate will be a self starter that displays willingness to learn and is detail oriented.

Duties include: resizing of artwork and prep files for various media needs.

Requirements:

• Must have knowledge of Macs and profiecient in Adobe Design, Illustrator, Photoshop and MS Office.
• Ability to multi-task and adhere to deadlines.
• Good communication skills.

Must be able to work 2-3 days per week. 

10-15 hours per week per intern, including Saturdays (flexible)
4 Internships available for Fall 2008
4 Internships available for Spring 2009

The Scott Dick Show, weekdays 6-8PM (two hours live)
The Tasty Planet Show, Saturdays 2-4PM (two hours live)

The Scott Dick show is a political talk show broadcast from the commercial progressive station KRXA 540AM based on the Monterey Peninsula. This is a new show beginning on December 10, 2007.

The Tasty Planet Show is a food, wine and travel show airing every Saturday from 2-4PM and has aired since Oct 2005.

Intern skills desired
Communicate in English and get the nuances.
Refined BS detector (required for monitoring the news for good bits)
Sense of what’s important
Organized
Ability to follow through and prioritize
PC and Mac knowledge
Creative
Ability to work together with others/team player
Good sense of humor
Patience

Tasks May include:
Content brainstorming and group participation in pre/post production meetings
Pre-production writing and researching
Sound bite capture from video and audio sources, editing and preparation for airing
Booking and preparing guests and experts
Audio editing
Video editing
Call screening
Producing
Broadcast board work
Remote broadcasts
Writing bits and producing short radio scripts
Copy writing
Voice-over recording

Education Intern
The California Film Institute is seeking interns to assist the Director of Education. CFI Education is an expanding program covering all of the Bay Area and with a combination of hands-on filmmaking and media literacy programs. The intern schedule is flexible, however we request that interns be available to devote a minimum of 10-15 hours a week, Monday through Fridays with an occasional weekend day during the Mill Valley Film Festival in October. Since the program is 12 months a year special attention will be paid to intern applications for a longer period of time than just one semester.

Primary duties will include:
• Assist with programming and event administration: data entry, logging and organizing preview DVDs, publicity materials, etc.
• Providing General administrative support to the Education Dept: filing, faxing, copying, assist with mailings, sending emails, researching contact names/numbers and general correspondence
• Organizing and editing video clips from our video archiving program
• Filming and editing Q&A’s with film industry speakers
• Assist with committees administration including a Teacher Workshop committee and a new grade school program committee
• May be asked to participate in screening films, depending on experience
• Assist with special projects: Active Cinema, seminars, panels, our annual Environmental Youth Forum in May and the Young Critics Jury program in July etc.
• Additional duties as assigned
• There will be the opportunity to participate in special projects and as a discussion leader according to each intern’s areas of interest or expertise.

Qualifications:
• Must be highly organized and detail oriented with attention to accuracy
• Comfortable working with student ages 13-18
• Preferably familiar with Word, iMovie or Final Cut Pro, Filemaker Pro and Excel on a Mac platform
• Thorough understanding of the Internet
• Interest in Media literacy and/or the filmmaking industry

This job will require working in our San Rafael offices and occasionally in locations in San Francisco and the East Bay.

Compensation:
This is an unpaid internship, however course credit may be available. Interns receive a CFI Associate Membership (with year-round benefits at the Rafael Film Center) and complimentary tickets to the Mill Valley Film Festival and the Smith Rafael Film Center.

Film festival seeks interns to provide administrative and event assistance to the Development department in the run up to and during our 32nd Annual Film Festival. The schedule is flexible, however we request that interns be available to devote a minimum of 8-12 hours a week, Monday through Friday. Ideally, candidates will devote more time during the Festival.
150 hours total for the semester

The Development Department manages numerous relationships with high level sponsors, individuals and in kind partners. Many of the activities include marketing, promotion, hospitality and event functions.

This internship is an excellent opportunity for a hard-working and motivated individual to gain valuable experience assisting with key accounts at one of the foremost Film Festivals in the country. Individuals will get a hands-on understanding of nonprofit organizations.

Primary duties will include:
• Updating and expanding our existing sponsorship and donor databases
• Assisting in researching potential funding sources, including foundations, individuals and corporations, tracking deadlines
• Interfacing with sponsors and donors, requiring a professional demeanor
• Assisting with planning and production of CFI on-site fundraising, cultivation and hospitality events
• Supporting the collecting and tracking sponsors’ recognition for print, events, tickets, electronic and product placement
• Providing General administrative support to the Development Department: filing, faxing, copying, assist with mailings, sending emails, researching contact names/numbers and general correspondence
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:
• Detail-oriented, able to take instruction, take initiative and work with minimal supervision
• Professional demeanor. The intern represents the California Film Institute when speaking with sponsors and donors
• Ability to multitask, exhibit consistent follow-through and can work under time constraints
• Must be highly organized and detail oriented with attention to accuracy
• Familiarity with Marin County/Bay Area businesses and geography a plus, but not essential
• Must be able to work some evenings
• Proficiency in Mac OS, knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office and Filemaker Pro a plus.

This job will require working in our San Rafael offices.

Compensation:
This is unpaid internship, however course credit may be available. Interns receive a CFI Associate Membership (with year-round benefits at the Rafael Film Center) and complimentary tickets to the Festival.

Benefits:
• Great introduction and experience in sponsor research, cultivation and relationship management, in addition to exposure to aspects of marketing
• Complimentary CFI Associate Membership (with year-round benefits at the Rafael Film Center)
• Complimentary tickets to the Festival
• Interns are able and encouraged to attend CFI preview screenings and CFI/MVFF events that they are working on
• Excellent resume builder
• Unpaid (you will receive course credit via the CSU Media Internship Program

Internships available for Spring, Summer, Fall
State date: ASAP
End date: Students must commit to at least one semester. This could lead to an ongoing internship, if interested.
Part-time positions
No Salary but there is the possibility of earning commissions if the intern sells ad time.

The applicant should be a radio listener and preferably a fan of talk radio with a strong interest in politics. Applicant will need to answer phones and schedule interviews and should listen to our station before starting here to learn what we’re all about.

Skills to be developed: Applicant will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of the talk radio business, including show production, ad production, programming, and sales.

Internships available for Summer
150 total hours (3 units of credit)
1 internship available in Rental Department
1 internship available in Retail Store
Non-Paid Internship

We house the largest rental inventory of Lighting and Grip Equipment north of Hollywood. Interns will work, hands-on, with all of our equipment to put rental orders together for major productions. Interns may also be required to work on set.

Knowledge of 1K, 2K, 5K, 10K Fresnel and Open Face lights, C-Stands, dolly track, flags, etc. a big plus.

Approximately 4-15 hours/week (very flexible schedule)
150 hours maximum for the semester
5-10 Internships available
Non-paid internship

Are you looking to intern for a meaningful organization working with kids?
We bring the art of filmmaking to kids in local children’s hospitals who are faced with serious medical challenges and provide them with an outlet for creative self-expression, a means to learn new skills, and a venue through which they can share their personal stories with others.

Skilled video editors and / or production minded individuals should have compassion and the ability to work with a wide variety of footage in terms of film quality and content: some footage will have children coping with very advanced stages of diseases and complex medical conditions.
An editors’ purpose is to enhance a child’s efforts and help communicate their vision to their family and then to a larger audience. Intern editors are asked to be very creative while honoring the child’s intentions.

This is not an internship where you will work for another editor as an assistant. You will be the Editor and / or Cinematographer on several projects over the course of your internship.

REQUIREMENTS:
• You must have a desire to work with children
• You need to be comfortable working with kids with moderate to severe illness
• Intermediate level (or higher) skill with Final Cut Pro and/or Adobe Premiere
• Intermediate level (or higher) skill with a video camera
• You must be a self-starter

JOB DUTIES
• Log and Edit individual children’s movies
• Work with kids shooting movies in the hospital
• Make copies of edited movies for the child, the library, internal hospital TV and our organization

JOB PERKS
• Be an Editor and / or Cinematographer, not an assistant!
• Work with kids
• Very flexible hours
• Possibly work from home part of the time

SF Film Society also has the following positions open. Please apply via the CSU Media Internship Program.

Fiscal Sponsorship, Grants and Residencies Intern
Working under the supervision of the Manager of Fiscal Sponsorship, Grants and Residencies learn how the Film Society’s Fiscal Sponsorship, Grants and Residencies department operates by assisting in the Fiscal, FilmHouse and Grants application process, reading proposals, viewing work samples and supporting the department with administrative projects.

Responsibilities
Assist in all administrative matters related to Fiscal, FilmHouse and Grants applications including the peer review process. Maintain filmmaker files, including preparing and mailing rejection and acceptance letters, entering data (mailing lists, updates) into computer, and filing. Additionally help with all Fiscal, FilmHouse and Grants events.

Skills
We need flexible, energetic, detail-oriented team players with good organizational skills. Macintosh experience helpful, especially in FileMaker Pro, Entourage, Microsoft Word and scanning. Good writing and telephone skills essential.

Benefits
* Complimentary Film Society membership
* Interns are able and encouraged to attend Film Society preview screenings and Film Society events that they are working on.
* Class credit (if applicable)

The SF Film Society needs interns for the following positions:

Publications:
Video
Students knowledgeable in Final Cut and other video software to help with video tasks such as dubbing, transfering and editing.

History Project
Students with a passion for film history to help with cataloguing, labeling and archiving of historic SFIFF materials.

Front Desk:
full time (30hr/wk) intern for 3 weeks while Front Desk Manager is traveling.

Please apply through the CSU Media Internship Program.

Major production company that supplies diverse unscripted programming including docu-reality, game, dating and documentary series seeks development, production and post production interns.

This company has produced and/or developed television for cable networks such as ABC, HBO, MTV, E! Entertainment, Discovery, A&E, TLC, ESPN, Fox Sports Net, BET, Versus and GSN.

Interns must be motivated, willing and energetic. Must be able to work at least 15 hours per week.

This is a great opportunity to learn about research, program development, on-line and off-line editing and field production. Great opportunity to network.