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, off-line 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
• Off-line editing
• Researching our analog and digital archive

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 (AMIA) and now have positions at Oddball Films+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.

Qualifications:

Requirements
• Tech and computer savvy
• Basic knowledge of film and video systems
• Basic understanding of migrating analog (tape) and digital files
• Background in archiving, 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 four (4) month commitment of two (2) full weekdays per week is required.

Paid Internship Info:

none

Hours:

14 hours weekly

Length/Availability:

32 days

End Date:

4/1/2010,

How to Apply:

How 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.

Deadline:

2/25/2010

Tags:

Film  Archive  Media  Research  Arts 

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