Oddball Film+Video - Film+Digital Media Archiving Internship

Location: San Francisco, CA | Posted under DFVP on January 4, 2012

Company Information:

• Oddball Film+Video is a unique stock footage company specializing in providing offbeat and eclectic footage for feature films, documentaries, broadcast television and other projects. We acquire, archive and supply footage for major creative projects across the globe
• www.oddballfilm.com/

Job Description

Film+Digital Media Archiving Internship
We are searching for exceptionally motivated individuals to assist in day-to-day operations including researching footage requests, film and digital image archiving, film and video logging, non-linear time code editing, database entry and other technical and organizational duties. This is not a production position. This position is unpaid. College credit is possible.

What You Will Learn


• Digitizing, archiving and making accessible archival materials
• Cleaning, repairing and archiving 16mm and 35mm film elements.
• How to maintain digital databases
• Principles of time code
• Logging and metadata procedures
• How to work with digital files
• non-linear editing
• Researching our analog and digital archive­

Building Your Future
This is a intensive hands-on internship and you will leave here with real world skills. 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 (AMIA) and now have positions at Oddball Film+Video, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, Lucasfilm, Witness, Canyon Cinema, the Stanford Archives of Recorded Sound, Current TV and the National Archives.

Requirements

• Requirements
• Tech and computer savvy
• Basic knowledge of film and video systems
• Basic understanding of migrating analog (tape) and digital files
• Background in archiving, history, library science or moving image studies
• Self directed and the ability to work independently
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Reliable and dependable
• Goal-oriented
• ***Minimum 6 month commitment of 3-5 full weekdays per week is required
• *****We are only accepting interns that can commit to a schedule. If you are currently seeking employment contact us when your schedule is firmed up.

To Apply:

• Email us a brief letter of interest with highlights of your skills and a resume to: info@oddballfilm.com, with “Archive Intern” in the subject field.

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