Film Internships

CONTACT: Glen Pitre, glenpitre@gmail.com

Cote Blanche Productions is working on a Museum of New Orleans immersive room called '300 Years of the French Quarter by Night', and they seek interns.

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Internship Duties

• Helping shoot on location and in studios

• Assist in digital imagery, green screen work, video stitching

• Help track production needs

• Pre sets

• Location scout

• Assist in creating sound designs

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Suggested or Required Skills Needed

• Task will be given based upon the interns skill set

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Cote Blanche Productions

CONTACT: Allen Fernandez, clay.joseph@dialoguemagazine.com

Dialogue Magazine is an online magazine and media group

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Internship Duties

• Contribute to the creation of a web series

• Scriptwriting

• Video editing

• Camera work

• Magazine article writers and contributors

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Suggested or Required Skills Needed

• Writing, editing, audio, video and photo experience

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Dialogue Media Group

201 St. Charles Ave., Ste 2500

New Orleans, LA  70170

504-577-4257

CONTACT: Vickie C. Kennedy, vkennedy@uno.edu, 504-234-0124

The Drift is the video component of The Driftwood, the student newspaper for UNO.  Students will gain valuable experience on quick turnaround video and editing.  They will learn to work with a video crew from project concept to completion.  Emphasis will be placed on news judgment, story development, writing a script, directing and teamwork.

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Internship Duties

• Create weekly video features to showcase various aspects of university lfe

• Will work under the editor-in-chief.

• Will attending weekly meetings, develope video concepts, shoot and edit videos

• Will meet bi-weekly with faculty advisor to the Drift

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Suggested or Required Skills Needed

• Willingness to learn

• experience with videography adn editing desired

• Self-motivated

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The Drift

252 University Center

2000 Lakeshore Dr.

New Orleans, LA 70148

CONTACT: Joseph Estrade, josephjudeestrade@gmail.com

I am a UNO film program alumnus that makes projects such as wedding videos, promotional videos, music videos and more.  I'm looking for someone to help me with post-production.  I can train you on the software if you don't know it.  I use Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects CC on PC.

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Internship Duties

• Transferring footage

• file organization

• Importing

• Syncing

• Project sorting

• Pulling selects

• If capable, possibly editing, color correction, graphic work etc.

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Suggested or Required Skills Needed

• Willingness to learn

• Adobe Premiere

• Adobe After Effects

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Joseph Estrade

josephjudeestrade@gmail.com

985-951-9643

CONTACT: Christopher Haney, Chris@thegreenhousecollective.com, 504-430-1024

The Greenhouse Collective is a collection of artists, technicians, storytellers and dreamers.  

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Internship Duties

​Marketing Intern

• Managing social media accounts and websites

• Take behind-the-scenes photos/videos

• Assist in developing marketing stratagies

Producer Intern

• Create production binders for each project

• Assist in development/pre-production of projects

• Help coordinate and manage sets during production

Assistant Editor Intern

• Review and log footage

• Sync footage

• Write transcripts

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Suggested or Required Skills Needed

​Marketing Intern

• Familiarity with social media platforms

• Organized

• Able to meet deadlines

• Long term thinking

• Appreciating of visual aesthetics

Producer Intern

• Willingness to learn and follow instructions

• Office experience

• Problem solving skills

Assistant Editing Intern

• Familiar with Adobe Premier or other editing software

• Able to meet deadlines

• experience with videography adn editing desired

• Self-motivated

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The Greenhouse Collective

7928 Zimple Street

New Orleans, LA 70118

CONTACT: Steven Scaffidi, stevenscaffidi@gmail.com, 504-669-0189

Mission Media is affiliated with the New Orleans Mission.  We give opportunities to homeless men and women to work in production on real projects in film, television, internet and more.  

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Internship Duties​

• Editing

• General production

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The New Orleans Mission

1134 Baronne St., New Orleans, LA 70113 
P.O. Box 56565, New Orleans, LA 70156

Phone: 504-523-2116 
Fax: 504-529-3094

CONTACT: Andrew Bryan, 504-442-0151, andrew.bryan@ochsner.org

The Creative Media team at Ochsner Health System handles the video production needs of the entire organization for both internal and external audiences. Examples of projects include television/radio commercials, "Patient Stories" (first-hand, non-fictional accounts of the patient experience at Ochsner), health education videos, health-related in-studio talk shows, and live event production.  

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Internship Duties​

• Help set up lights, cameras and sound on location shoots

• Help with set design, lighting and camera operating on studio shoots

• Operate cameras for live events

• Inventory equipment

• Log footage

• basic editing

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Suggested or Required Skills Needed

• Some grip/electric experience with small stands and lights

• Basic digital camera knowledge

• Some camera operating experience

• Some on set experience with recording sound, both lavs and directional mics

Ochsner Creative Media

1450 Poydras St., Ste. 230

New Orleans, La 70122

CONTACT: Colin Cooper, 720-244-7413, charles.cooper@ochsner.org

The Creative Media team at Ochsner Health System handles the video production needs of the entire organization for both internal and external audiences. Examples of projects include television/radio commercials, "Patient Stories" (first-hand, non-fictional accounts of the patient experience at Ochsner), health education videos, health-related in-studio talk shows, and live event production.  

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Internship Duties​

• Assist with various post-production needs

• Ingest, encode footage

• basic editing

• light graphics

• light post audio editing/mixing

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Suggested or Required Skills Needed

• Must have taken FTA 2510 and FTA 1665

• Would like someone familiar with post production workflow and audio editing

• Would like someone who has a good sense of pacing and shot selection

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If you have samples of work please send to John Weaver, john.weaver@ochsner.org

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Ochsner Creative Media

1450 Poydras St., Ste. 230

New Orleans, La 70122

CONTACT: Nick Cutrera, ncutrera@uno.edu, 504-280-6080

Media Resources is the section of the Univ. of New Orleans IT Department that assists with audio and visual needs across campus. Including assisting professors with operating the equipment in our special media rooms, recording and editing interviews, supplying and setting up equipment for special events, and live streaming or recording these special events.

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Intern Tasks

                The intern will be helping with assisting professors and faculty members with AV needs and helping with the recordings of interviews and events.

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Basic skills required:

• Basic understanding of cameras and computers

• Communication skills

• Resourceful when solving problems

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Media Resources

University of New Orleans

Liberal Arts Building, Rm 236

CONTACT: Shan Bailey, abailey@fox8live.com or Rondelyn Jones, rjones@fox8live.com

Nola Weekend is looking for college juniors and seniors, eligible for credit, who would like to gain hands-on, real world experience with an exciting digital platform. These positions could also provide several opportunities to create published work for use in portfolios.

Students should submit resumes, work samples (i.e. writing samples, video reel, published articles) and/or links to portfolio sites for consideration. Send items to abailey@fox8live.com with the subject line “NOLA WEEKEND INTERNSHIP.” More details are listed below.

What is Nola Weekend?

NOLA Weekend is FOX 8’s home for hyper-local lifestyle, event and community content. We use creative storytelling via our digital platform to inform our audience about the top stories on food, features, events, festivals, music and attractions in the New Orleans area. Visit the website at www.nolaweekend.com.

Here's what to expect from a Nola Weekend Internship

If you’re interested in creative storytelling on a digital platform, then this is a great opportunity to explore. Students will observe the day-to-day operations of digital content production for FOX 8’s NOLA Weekend website. Interns will get a front row seat during the digital storytelling process from concept development to post-production. This can include content brainstorming, developing production ideas, coordinating on and off site shoots, logging production material, writing and editing content, website content management and social media promotion. This internship may include some field experience with digital content producers to observe production development, photography and interview skills.

Current internship openings

Editorial Writing/Content Curation Intern

The editorial writing/content curation intern will work with staff as a creative storyteller to research, organize, write and curate content for web articles. The ideal candidate will have interest in local lifestyle content, including events, travel, restaurants, food and drink, nightlife and festivals. The intern will also help with curating viral content to drive traffic and engage the Nola Weekend web audience. You'll be assigned article topics, but may also have the chance to pitch what interests you. Student must demonstrate great writing ability, good news judgment, knowledge of grammar rules and AP style.

Video Production Intern

The video production intern will gain hands-on experience while working with staff as a visual storyteller to shoot and edit video content for Nola Weekend. The student will help produce local lifestyle video content including events, restaurants, food and drinks, nightlife and festivals. Responsibilities can include coordinating on and off site shoots, logging interviews, assisting with shoots, assisting/producing Facebook live videos, producing social media content, shooting and editing video content. Student must demonstrate previous editing experience.

Digital Photo Intern

The digital photo intern will work with staff to develop creative assets and provide still images for use in video, articles and on social media. This student will be a creative storyteller through the camera lens to cover local lifestyle photography including events, restaurants, food and drinks, nightlife and festivals. The intern will also help with social media efforts on Facebook and Instagram to pick excellent photos and write witty captions that will engage our Nola Weekend audience. Student must demonstrate previous skill working behind the camera.

We can provide further internship position details and direct students to the formal application process with our HR department upon interest.

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WVUE Fox 8 News - Nola Weekend

1025 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway

New Orleans, LA 70125

504-486-6161