Description:

Oddball Film+Video is 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.

Oddball Film+Video
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.

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
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.

Qualifications:

Requirements

• Very 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
(other programs possible)
*****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.

Paid Internship Info:

None

Hours:

9am to 5pm, 3-5 days a week

Length/Availability:

6 months minimum

Start Date:

09/01/11

End Date:

, 03/01/11

Tags:

film    archiving    media    library 

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