Where should I intern at?

[Ron Lindeboom]

No offense intended but it is very rough to tell you where to intern. The fact is, there are no easy answers in this and most internships mean that you are working for free to learn a craft or trade. In that, it’s going to be tough to pay your way when you are not making money. That means that you will likely need to be close to Mom and Grandma, who will stuff you full of food when your bones begin to show.

Not knowing where you live, I am at a loss as to give you many ideas. (That, and I haven’t hardly slept in days. Been far too busy for that. Wanna intern here? We can’t pay you but we do have pizza and chicken — and Walter Biscardi says he’ll ship out a few sides to go with it.)

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

[Tyler Groom]

but as a general Idea, what is the best think to do as a recent high school graduate if I want to break into the film industry as an editor and/or motion graphics artist???

[Walter Biscardi]

[quicksilver8907] “but as a general Idea, what is the best think to do as a recent high school graduate if I want to break into the film industry as an editor and/or motion graphics artist???”

The best place is a production facility that will take you in. Almost doesn’t matter where you start. You just need to get into a production facility, could even be an audio studio. Just get some exposure to what the industry is really like.

I had two interns here all summer from Georgia State University and they were just great to have around. one of them decided to hang around a bit longer just because he’s enjoying the time.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html

Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi

[Ron Lindeboom]

[walter biscardi] “one of them decided to hang around a bit longer just because he’s enjoying the time.”

And the great chicken pizza???

Ron Lindeboom

[Tyler Groom]

I don’t think there are any production places around though, how would I find out???

[Don Greening]

Well for starters I would look in the yellow pages under video or video production.

– Don

[Nick Griffin]

WHAT is going on here, guys?

[quicksilver8907] “what is the best think to do as a recent high school graduate”

[walter biscardi] “I had two interns here all summer from Georgia State University”

I don’t mean to sound like the Dad that I am… but… shouldn’t the best advice to quicksilver be to attend a college, university or even community college and progress from there? Sure it’s possible with a high school diploma to get a job sweeping floors at some production facility. That is provided they don’t require a degree or at least some college as a way of cutting down on the hundreds of applicants they receive each month.

My own start came Freshman year at a college radio station and went from there to a real radio station in my home town, then into audio production and so on, and so on. (And thanks again to my friend Ty Ford, now of the COW’s Audio Pros forum, for giving me that first shot at real radio.)

Also, doesn’t hurt to know a few of the things they attempt to teach you in college. Worst case, it makes you better at Jeopardy.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Nick Griffin] “shouldn’t the best advice to quicksilver be to attend a college, university or even community college and progress from there?”

Absolutely. I did two years of Community College and then Syracuse University. My current video editor here graduated from Full Sail last year.

College is definitely the place to go to be challenged and you get free use of equipment for four years. That’s the LAST time that will ever happen again in your career.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html

Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi

[Kerry Brown]

Might help if we knew where your from.
Also to intern you usually have to be going to school of some kind.
Most or all states won’t let you intern for no pay unless you are affiliated with a school.

KB

[Tyler Groom]

I am going to a community college currently and working full time as a media technician for a planetarium and multimedia theater. I wish to keep that job, I just want to know what else I could be doing. I am from Central California. Thanks
Ty