Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Leo Chiang, is looking for an intern to assist in production and distribution work at his San Francisco-based production company, Walking Iris Films. Our two current projects are A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES (http://avillagecalledversialles.com), our PBS/Independent Lens documentary currently in distribution, and MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON, our new PBS film about Rep. Joseph Cao (R-New Orleans) currently in preproduction.

We’re looking for someone with enthusiasm, professionalism, and organizational skills. MS Excel & Word skill is a must. Final Cut knowledge is a plus. A great opportunity to work with nice folks and gain documentary experience. It’s currently a no-pay position (with potential future paying projects) with a transportation stipend, intern credit, and meals. Looking for someone who can dedicate one to two full or half days a week for a minimum of 3 months and preferably longer.

Please apply via the CSU Media Internship Program.

Now is the best time to apply for a summer internship! Industry companies and studios will begin to recruit soon. Don’t miss out on getting the summer internship of your dreams. 

Internships are available in audio post and production, post production, development, production, videography, news, marketing, new media, animation, IT, public relations, accounting, music, business, law, graphics, HR, sports, casting, reality TV, and more. 

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Independent Production Company is looking for exceptional, highly motivated students to help in their office. Interns will support the staff with pre and post-production responsibilities, and assist freelance crews on current jobs in production. Duties include online research and phone calls, answering phones, photocopying, and running occasional light errands, with possible opportunities to work on commercial shoots in the L.A. area as a production assistant.

Summer 2009 internship
Non-pay
Hours: 150+ total hours (often working 10+ hours per day)

Large soundstage needs lighting / grip interns for pre-lighting, wrap and on set (during shooting). Specifically looking for folks interested in working as grip / electricians with the long-term goal of being a Gaffer, Key Grip and / or D.P.

Knowledge of grip / lighting equipment helpful, but the most important thing is having an interest in this specific field of the film industry. Good attitude a must while working long hours. Must have transportation to Pleasanton.

Hours and Duration:
8 hours weekly for Spring 2010 semester.

This is not a production internship but the student will be exposed to our process of self-distribution and promotion and potentially learn how to plan a self distribution strategy that involves publicity, new media and online sales.

This position is unpaid but there is a possibility of a stipend to be paid at the end of the semester.

About the company:
PatchWorks Films is a San Francisco based production and distribution company. We specialize in films that explore contemporary social issues through intimate character stories, and innovative partnerships with the constituencies working with the issues our films explore. Our award-winning documentaries have been broadcast worldwide and have screened at museums, film festivals, schools, universities, and libraries. Speaking in Tongues is PatchWorks’ third feature documentary.

Duties and responsibilities:
• Database management
• Data entry
• Internet research
• Generic office duties such as mailing, shipping, answering the phone, filing, and records keeping
• Other duties as might be required by filmmaker related to film promotion and distribution

General Skills and Abilities:
• Mac proficient
• FileMaker Pro proficient highly preferred
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Detail and deadline oriented
• Good organizational skills
• Interest in social issues preferred

You must apply directly to LucasFilm.
https://jobs.lucasfilm.com/internships.html

Deadline to apply is February 15th.

Jedi Academy Overview

We’re looking for a few good Padawans! The Lucasfilm companies are looking for great creative talent to join our award winning teams.

The Jedi Academy Program is a summer internship program that Lucasfilm runs between 12-16 weeks at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco, California and at Big Rock Ranch in Nicasio, California. We are looking for junior undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. students to work across our divisions. Internship positions include game programming and engineering, game art, R&D engineering, software engineering, information technology, web development, marketing, licensing, and production. All internship positions are paid. Join the force and spend the summer with us!

Animation company looking for an intern (unpaid) to work on a new animated web-series we are writing, recording, animating, editing, and project managing. The web-series will live on FoxSports.com for the rest of 2010. Job details are below:

Job Description: The intern will be assisting with work on a new animated web series. Tasks will include, but not be limited to:
Organizing audio
Transcribing audio
Logging footage
File management of reference stills
Allocating assets - Music searches, Image searches
Assistant editing

Job Qualifications: Cinema, Communications, or related media Major, interested in film-making or television, some knowledge of Final Cut Pro, good organizational skills & very detail oriented, internet search savvy.

An Emmy Award Winning Production Company in the East Bay currently seeking to fill several unpaid internship positions in the East Bay starting immediately. The responsibilities are across the board, from office administration, sales and distribution, to maintaining our websites, and post production. The interns will assist us in finishing our trilogy of films entitled “Women of Tibet” and the further development of our future projects.

This is a phenomenal opportunity for hard-working self starters to get a crash course in all aspects of documentary filmmaking. We are committed to providing our interns with an educational experience and this internship is as hands-on and involved as internships get. We are looking for somebody with intelligence, awareness, and professionalism to complete tasks.

Interns should:
- An interest in social documentaries, a positive attitude, a readiness to learn
- Be familiar with Mac OSX
- Have strong writing skills
- Well organized
- Proficient in Filemaker Pro, Final Cut Pro, Adobe InDesign, and or web design a plus.

We expect all applicants to learn more about our work by visiting our website at www.womenoftibet.org
Frame of Mind Films will pay for lunches and gas used while on errands. Some interns have gone on to find paid employment with our company.

Gaming company looking for a talented and promising Cinematic Artist Intern and Video Editor to assist the art team in creating compelling in-game cutscenes in Telltale’s proprietary tool. The ideal candidate should have a strong sense of composition, timing and editing as well as a good understanding of storytelling, acting and cinematography.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create compelling cutscenes and interactive dialogs with excellent pacing, acting, and timing using animation libraries.
- Communicate with Designers and Leads to improve readability of visual storytelling.
- Set up cameras and actor staging.
- Balance quality with efficiency when working under tight deadlines.
- Follow and maintain pipelines and technical requirements.
- Work with designers and art director to establish continuity of the story with gameplay.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Essential verbal and written communication skills.
- Good understanding of acting basics including posing and timing.
- Good knowledge of cinematography and editing.
- Self motivated team player.
- Ability to quickly learn new software.
- Technical problem solving.
- Excellent communication with interpersonal skills.
- Quick to adapt to company proprietary software.

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED SKILLS
- Passion for making adventure games.
- Experience with character and camera animation in Maya.
- Knowledge of Maya
- Experience working in the video games industry.

NOTE this is a PAID INTERNSHIP, compensation ranges from $13-$20 an hour depending on experience.

*We are also looking for a Video Editor which compensation is more of an entry/intern level compensation is $10 an hour.
Intern Description will be posted soon.