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Cinema Culturas

Director's Assistant

July - September 2019 • Riverside, CA

What I liked

I liked the message that Cinema Culturas stood up for. Dr. Cony Martinez seemed very professional from the moment I got my first interview, and I really admired her for that. Filming was also really fun to do with the other interns!

What I wish was different

Time management could've been used a little more wisely.

Advice

It's best to already know what you want to get out of an unpaid internship.
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Videographer Intern

June - August 2019 • Riverside, CA

What I liked

I enjoyed working with Dr. Cony Martinez and other interns to create two short documentaries. After having filmed them I also edited them, and both made it into their Cinema Culturas Festival in The Fields 2019 film festival which ran for an entire week, showing our work prior to the screening of another longer award winning movie they had. In addition to this work I also assisted them with the editing of three other short videos that were also played at different points during their film festival, so the experience was great!

What I wish was different

Having never done an internship before, I went into it with high expectations and excitement that I would be working in the shadows of professional filmmakers and video editors, to learn as much as I could. That was not the case, and I wish I would have been more informed going into the internship. I was also fortunate to have my own gear... camera, lighting, sound recording device, etc., because there was none for us to use. None of the other intern's work that was filmed on a gopro made it into the festival, I believe because of the fish-eye effect that was very noticeable on the recorded footage. I wish I would have known this going into it too. I would have enjoyed working with a company that was well equipped to better familiarize myself with industry preferred gear.

Advice

The best advice I could give would be to ask the interviewer all of your questions during your interview to confirm or correct any assumptions or high expectations. Interview the interviewer and ask what you might be doing on a day to day basis? Will there be a mentor? Questions of this sort. Do not go into the internship thinking you might be doing this or that... find out ahead of time as much as you can. During the interview is the perfect time.
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