Too Much Cleaning, Barely Any EditingThe good thingsMost people were very friendly. My supervisor was patient and willing to teach me things and answer my questions. I was very grateful for what I was able to edit.
Teamwork was very important here and they do a lot of team building.
The overall organisational culture seems decent.
More of a flat hierarchy. There's still some politics, but very little, and you won't experience it as an intern.
The challengesYou'll constantly do things outside of your job scope e.g.:
Knife and kitchen stuff (cutting garlic, prepping ingredients etc)
Wash dishes
Ensure products are dust free
Sweep the floor
Menial work like setting up lights, holding a light, getting tape from across the room etc.
You will rarely ever edit videos bc they don't like to let interns edit client videos. At most you'll edit maybe once a month.
You won’t:
Help with writing or storyboarding
Attend meetings
Use a camera (if you do, you'll use it one time at most)
Learn about a producer's job
These issues only seem to pop up in the video team. I have seen interns in other depts. doing valuable work that a full timer would do.
If the shoot isn't done on time you're expected to OT. I've had to stay at shoots that exceeded expected wrap time by 2-6 hours even though all I was doing was cleaning up or organizing. Also have to work weekends sometimes. There's a very prominent overworking culture in this team because they’re understaffed.
COVID SOPs weren’t exactly a priority here. No diversity. I’ve also heard some pretty ignorant remarks and ‘jokes’.
I learned very little editing, and not much employable skills. The team was too busy and project turnaround times were quick hence they weren't willing to give much responsibilities to interns.