Film & Video seeking interns-San Francisco
There are 3 positions available. Please read each for requirements and duties.
FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA ARCHIVING INTERNSHIP
This Film & Video Company is a rapidly growing stock footage company specializing in providing offbeat and eclectic footage for feature films, broadcast television and other projects. We acquire, archive and supply footage for creative projects across the globe.
Searching for someone to assist in day-to-day operations including researching footage requests, film to videotape transfers, film and video logging, off-line time code editing, database entry and other technical and organizational duties. This is not a production position. This is an unpaid internship, college credit is available.
REQUIREMENTS Sharp, Savvy, Reliable, Self directed and detail oriented, Interested in archiving film, video and related media,Mac computer, Have a basic understanding of film/video systems
*Minimum 4month commitment of 2 full weekdays per week required.
LEARN How to transfer film to video, film preservation, principle of time code, procedures for logging various media, how to work with digital files, digitizing and uploading moving images, how to maintain digital databases, cleaning, repairing and archiving 16mm and 35mm film elements and off-line editing.
FILM PROGRAMMING INTERN
This internship enables interns to learn about film and media programming whilst also discovering the inner workings behind the promotion and curatorship or screenings. Interns will assist the film programmer with the preparation and advertising for programs and help with the actual film screenings. This is an unpaid position which will teach, inform and give you hands-on experience in the areas of archiving, film and media programming, sound and image projection, writing, social networking and other creative areas which can be useful in many other fields.
REQUIREMENTS Sharp/savvy, reliable, self directed and detail oriented, Articulate, with excellent oral and written communication skills, Mac computer literate,Familiar with Photoshop and Filemaker Pro *Minimum 4 month commitment of one day per weekday and be able to work Friday and Saturday evenings from 7:30-10:30pm
DUTIES Interns will assist in writing press releases for screenings, researching and updating social network sites and press promotion for our programs, updating the screening mailing list and reviewing films for the screenings. They will also assist the film programmer with ticket sales, screening room set up and take down.
BUILDING YOUR FUTURE Past interns have received scholarships to New York University’s Moving Image Preservation Program, furthered their studies at the L Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House, received grants from the Association of Moving Image Archivists and have been hired at the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, Lucasfilm, the Stanford Archives of Recorded Sound, Current TV and the National Archives.
DIGITAL MARKETING INTERNSHIP This internship involves creative brainstorming, copywriting, placement in print and electronic media, researching and social networking sites into our promotion, web page promotion, and special public relations projects. Other duties include working closely with company’s marketing director in developing strategies to increase the profile and presence of the company. You will learn and develop many aspects of electronic promotion, marketing digitizing and other skills related to electronic media.
REQUIREMENTS Sharp/savvy, reliable, driven, detail oriented and self directed, Articulate, with excellent communication skills both oral and written, Mac computer literate, Familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator and Filemaker Pro *Minimum 4 month commitment of 2 full weekdays per week or an alternate time equivalent
DUTIES Duties include copywriting, electronic publicity and special public relation projects including arranging sponsorships and interviews. We market our company in all the leading industry magazines. We have a video channel and also have a presence on numerous social networking sites. You will work closely with the company’s marketing director in developing strategies to increase the profile and presence of the company.
BUILDING YOUR FUTURE This position is presently unpaid though a percentage of sales directly related to your leads will be paid. Additional incentives are in place to provide future hourly and commissioned employment. College credit is possible. After an initial training period applicants who show promising results from their work may be offered employment on an independent contractor basis.