MRC Behind the Camera Initiative: Poker Face Season 2
LOCATION: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
IMPORTANT DATES:
July 7: Application Deadline – 5pm
July 8 – July 26 : Fellowship interviews and Acceptance Announcements
Week of July 29 or August 5: Fellowship Orientation
August 12 – November 1: Poker Face Fellowship (Monday-Friday with some weekends required)
Ongoing: Mentorship support
Compensation: $17/hour
*Based on a 12-hr workday
Stockade Works is excited to announce a unique paid fellowship program in partnership with MRC Entertainment and Reel Works. The MRC Behind the Camera Initiative: Poker Face Season 2 will allow three selected fellows the opportunity to work full-time for 12 weeks on the set of Poker Face, a procedural Television Mystery-Drama.
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP:
The MRC Behind the Camera Initiative offers underrepresented talent onsite learning and mentorship across MRC TV Productions. The goal of the program is to provide people from diverse backgrounds with a strong foundation for professional development in our industry. MRC strives to address inequity in the entertainment industry by providing connections and skills to underrepresented groups traditionally excluded from roles in television. Access to mentorship and experiential education is the key to true inclusion and equality throughout the industry.
What You’ll Do:
The MRC Behind the Camera Initiative: Poker Face Season 2 is a 12-week program that will provide 3 fellows with valuable experience in multiple film crew departments on a rotating basis. Departments may include Camera, Art, Production Office, Costume, and Set Decoration. The fellows will receive an orientation training from Stockade Works prior to the start of the Fellowship, and participate in ongoing mentorship check-ins with Stockade Works, Reel Works, and MRC throughout the duration of the program.
After completing the program, the fellows will join both Stockade Works’ and Reel Works’ graduate networks and be provided with additional training opportunities, ongoing mentorship, and job referrals.
The Selection Process:
Stockade Works and Reel Works will recruit 3 fellows from their vast networks of graduates and community partners. Finalists will be interviewed by the two organization’s staff, MRC, and the Poker Face production. Interviews will take place on Zoom between July 8 and July 26.
Who should apply:
The MRC Behind the Camera Initiative: is looking for NYC-based residents, with an emphasis on 18-25 year-olds from underrepresented groups. BIPOC candidates are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, Black, Latinx, Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaskan Native and ethnically diverse candidates.
Your experience, skills, and attributes:
Passion for TV and Film
Interest in Television production
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Organizational skills
Eye for detail
Time management
An ability to multitask and meet deadline
About MRC:
MRC is a diversified global entertainment company with businesses spanning film, television, media and data. The MRC Behind the Camera Initiative offers underrepresented talent onsite learning and mentorship across MRC TV Productions.
MRC Television is the largest and most award-winning independent TV studio in North America with a slate that includes: “Ozark”, “The Great”, “The Terminal List”, “The Shrink Next Door”, and “Shining Girls”.
MRC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), mental and/or physical disability or handicap, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal, state or local law.
About Reel Works:
Founded in 2001, Reel Works serves over 1,600 youth annually from middle school through high school and beyond, developing them as artists and citizens and helping them graduate, get into college, and launch careers in media. Reel Works is the only filmmaking program that matches teens 1:1 with professional filmmaker-mentors to tell their stories and have their voices heard. It’s a powerful combination that changes lives while creating startling and original films that have been seen by millions of viewers worldwide. Through our MediaMKRS workforce development program, we partner with industry leaders, educators and government agencies to create pathways from classrooms to careers for talented early-career professionals to build a more inclusive media workforce.