Internship credit is available through the Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts; the purpose of this course is to provide professional internship experiences with film, video, and new media production companies, governmental agencies and production units, audio recording studios, and new media industries.
Guidelines
- Prerequisites: must be a BA or BFA Cinema Studies major with a CU GPA of at least 2.00, upper-division standing (57 or more credit hours) and a CINE GPA of 3.00.
- Students may receive no more than 6 hours of internship credit in a single department. Internship hours may not be awarded for work done previously.
- Students should seek out their own internships with organizations that specialize in their area of interest.
- Internships are a privilege. If department faculty determines that the student is not qualified for the proposed internship or if the internship seems unsuitable for academic credit this evaluation will be forwarded to the Chair of Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts.
- The guidelines established by Arts and Sciences for internships must be followed as well as the “Credit Internship Application”.
- This may be a paying internship if the Arts and Sciences guidelines are met.
Apply and Register for an Internship Credit
- Students must work a minimum of 40 hours per semester for one credit hour, with a maximum of 3 credit hours for any one internship.
- Find a faculty member who will agree to be your faculty sponsor (faculty sponsors must be those who regularly teach classes at the rank of “Instructor” or above).
- Fill out the application form.
- Be sure the internship appears on your class schedule before you start your internship.
- Keep a weekly journal of your work experience and work assignments.
- Submit a final internship report by the last day of classes. Your report must consist of the following:
- Cover page: Name; student ID number; dates of internship; company name; name of supervisor; company history, structure/organization and mission/purpose.
- Your weekly journal.
- Your internship evaluation: This is a three-page typed evaluation of your work experience.
- Your workplace supervisor’s confidential final evaluation of your performance, signed, on official company letterhead, and in a sealed envelope or emailed directly by your supervisor to your faculty sponsor.
Faculty Sponsor Evaluation
All of these are due no later than last day of regular class for the semester in which the internship is taken. Based on the above components the faculty supervisor will assess if the student has successfully completed the internship. The faculty sponsor is looking for preface indicators such as workplace attendance, and the student work journal, the successful completion of assigned duties. If these materials are not returned to the faculty sponsor by the date (last day of regular classes for the term) the student will not receive credit for the internship.
Internship Opportunities
INTERNSHIP LISTINGS
Boxoffice
Remote Internships
8-12 Hours/Week / August - December
3 Credit Hours | Fall Semester, Spring Semester, or Academic Year
8-12 hours/week | Virtual
Trade Journalism:
Work alongside our newsroom in New York City in this virtual internship, covering the latest industry news for Boxoffice Pro—the world’s leading trade publication for the movie theater industry. Hone your reporting and digital media skills in assisting with research, writing, data analysis, and coverage of the cinema business. Our editorial interns will work directly with Boxoffice Pro’s top editors in the production of our daily website, weekly podcast, monthly magazine, and live industry webinars.
Digital Marketing:
Help movie theaters better engage with moviegoers online in our digital marketing internship. Assist with social media, email, and video marketing campaigns used by some of the country's leading movie theater chains. In this role, you'll be involved in the production, curation, and management of editorial and video content across all of today's social media platforms—giving you first-hand experience in marketing major studio releases to audiences nationwide.
Fathom Events
Hybrid Internships [1 Day In-Person (Greenwood Village, CO) + 1 Day Remote]
8-12 Hours/Week / August - December
Marketing:
Work with the marketing team on various marketing tactics including email campaigns, social and paid media, SEO optimization, and influencers to drive awareness for Fathom’s events. From anime to the classics, you’ll get hands-on experience with all our events.
Operations:
Learn how and what it takes to deliver an event at scale. Work closely with the operations team, exhibition, and the Fathom Events Engineers (“The FEE”) to learn the technical and operational tactics implemented for bringing successful events to cinemas.
Programming:
Help the team that identifies, vets, and negotiates which events we bring to the big screen. Work with programming and content providers to help develop FOMO-worthy event cinema experiences.
Finance:
Work closely with the finance team to get hands-on experience on all elements of finance and accounting for running a business.
APPLICATION
Priority Deadline: May 31 | Final Deadline: June 15
- Tell us about yourself: what are your interests and background?
- Which of our internship listings are you most interested in and why are you interested to intern with us?
- Are you interested in having a production component in your internship or are you more interested in an internship that doesn’t involve production tasks?
- Students need to compile at least 8 hours per week to receive credit for this internship. What is your availability during the Fall semester? (It’s okay if you don’t have your schedule 100% confirmed, we just want to get a general idea of your availability)
- If applying for a Fathom internship, are you able to work from the Fathom office in Greenwood Village, CO at least once per week?
List, in order of preference, up to 3 of the internships you’d be interested in
taking:
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Email Your Responses to interns@FathomEvents.com and interns@boxoffice.com
Cinebody
- A video production software company revolutionizing the way video content is created for brands and organizations. In addition to our subscription software, Cinebody also provides turnkey remote video production services, creating authentic video content for our clients all over the globe
- INTERNSHIP Interests: producing, remote video production, new era of content creation, iPhone filming interest, general small business operations in tech & film
Lumenati
- A video production & content agency in Denver, CO. One of the premier shops in Denver, Lumenati produces content for brands of all shapes and sizes, creating everything from broadcast commercials to quick social posts
- INTERNSHIP interests: producing, directing, filming, on-set experience, post production / editing, animating, general small business operations in film & advertising
All interested prospects can email Gavin at gavin@cinebody.com for Cinebody or gavin@lumenati.com for Lumenati. He can then forward to the appropriate person based on their needs.
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Buck Ross Internship for Honorarium & Credit
If interested, please email info@buckross.com with your contact info, what you’re into, work samples, & what you’d like to learn. Please no stop-bys. Thanks!
Payment for Services
Buck Ross Productions or “Buck Ross” will offer it’s equipment to students for use whenever equipment is available and usage requests are reasonable. For both internships, there is a $300 honorarium awarded to the student at the completion of the internship. For the internship for credit, BRP will aid in reviews and paperwork needed for the student to also gain credit hours at CU (if applicable).
Time Commitment
The honorarium internship is a semester long and offered year round depending on position availability. The internship for credit is a semester long and offered near the start of each school semester and/or summer.
Equipment
Students will need to provide a working phone and computer. Buck Ross will provide any and all needed additional
equipment from video editing systems to all needed camera equipment.
Description of Duties
Administrative and post production management. Assistant camera work and editing duties. Sound recording. And yes, coffee getting.
Location
Buck Ross Productions (office & in-field)
1912 Pearl Street Boulder, CO 80302
(720) 289-1912
Supervisors
Ryan Ross, Founder
Carly Chaben, Producer
What Students Will Learn
This is real world film/video production work in a local company. Students will learn about all stages of video production (pre-production, shooting, editing) as well as the different business elements involved with production company management (marketing, admin, organization, etc).
Hours of Work Required per Week
For either internship opportunity 8-10 hrs/week is required. For honorarium internship, the term is a semester long
(around 3 months). For the college credit internship, the term is usually a semester in length, but contingent on the
amount of credit student is working for and the advice of the university.