Company Description

An internationally award-winning food documentary series. We film the uncovered, true stories about food entrepreneurs worldwide. tastewithkevin.com

Job Description

ASSISTANT FILM EDITOR (360 VR) INTERN [FULLY REMOTE]

Length: Summer/Fall 2021 (with the possibility for advancement and additional time/opportunities)

Location: Fully Remote – part time - 20hrs/wk minimum

To be eligible to participate in the internship program, you must be:

- an active student participating in an undergraduate program receiving course credit;

- an active student participating in a graduate program; or

- a recent graduate within 6 years of graduation

This position is unpaid, but you will receive college/educational credits for your work, if needed. This internship will be a mentorship program where you will work with and get direct advisement from the founder of TASTE.

About TASTE:

An internationally award-winning food documentary series. We film the uncovered, true stories about food entrepreneurs worldwide.

Our TASTE documentary films include dictator-fighting restaurateurs in Myanmar, Michelin-starred chefs in Europe, snail farmers in Vienna, hunters in Borneo jungles, cricket farmers in Thailand, Jewish bakers fighting anti-Semitism in Budapest, and many more.

TASTE is a short-form documentary series that brings people together through two of the world's most uniting forces: food and stories.

TASTE reveals the undiscovered stories of struggle, risk and reward behind our food.

To date, we've filmed 70 documentary short films across 30 countries worldwide in Asia, Europe and the Americas—from Bhutan to Budapest to Brooklyn.

The yet-to-be released series has earned 43 international film festival nominations and awards on its pilot episodes thus far and has been featured in international press such as Food & Wine Magazine, Edible, Huffington Post, PBS and more.

WEBSITE: http://www.tastewithkevin.com/

TRAILER: https://youtu.be/AgB5XeyHpM4

SNEAK PREVIEW EPISODE ON AMAZON PRIME: https://amzn.to/2IisQrL

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tastewithkevin/

About the Assistant Film Editor (360 VR Video) Intern Role:

As an assistant film editor, you will create several 360 VR videos.

Example of a TASTE 360 VR video: https://youtu.be/43faYQ708Jo

You will work closely with Kevin Longa (the founder of TASTE) via phone calls, emails, texts, etc. (all remote work) on every step of the video editing process, including but not limited to:

- importing, stitching and editing 360 VR videos shot on a Samsung Gear 360 and GoPro Omni

- selecting & transcribing soundbites

- providing story and editorial feedback on rough draft narration voiceover scripts, which Kevin Longa will write

- creating rough draft edits

- creating a final cut

- producing subtitles

Ultimately your work will be posted on the TASTE YouTube channel, Instagram, and/or Facebook Watch

Qualifications

Sample Tasks & Qualifications:

- Quality control all incoming and outgoing film, video, and audio assets

- Review footage, pull selects, build radio edits and create rough & final draft videos

- Create and share Adobe Premiere Pro project files and video exports.

- Applicants should have a high attention to detail and be organized, motivated, and self-directed (this is essential!)

- Identify and troubleshoot technical problems

- Uploading materials to YouTube, Vimeo and WeTransfer

- Experience importing, stitching and editing 360 VR videos shot on a Samsung Gear 360 is essential

- Experience and knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro (or equivalent, professional NLE program) is an absolute must.

- Eagerness to learn.

- Stellar writing and storytelling skills.

Additional Information

Flexible location and times. The entire internship will be done remotely with flexible deadlines and work hours that will fit within your schedule. As long as an intern is making progress on his/her projects and putting in 100% effort, then we will make sure that project work hours and deadlines will be flexible according to the intern's schedule.

*IMPORTANT: 

In order for your application to be read and considered, it is required to fill out this form: https://bit.ly/3fz4rh7

All applicants who fail to fill out this form will NOT proceed to the interview selection round.

Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we receive, we aren’t able to contact all candidates who apply, but if you are invited for an interview, you will generally be contacted within 4 weeks of submitting your application.

Thank you for your interest in working with us. Good luck!