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Started last night! And Josh and I were there! (Yummy food and great shorts) Here's a mini sneak peak of what we saw last night. "You're Outa Here" a feisty Animation piece. Enjoy. If you are interested in attending any of their screenings please check Be Film for dates and times. Tickets to each screening are $10 and the Festival goes all week long.

Here's a quick run down of what you'll learn if you take the Avid 101/110 course on May 25th at Manhattan Edit Workshop... Basic Editing, Fine-Tuning, Customizing Your Workspace, Saving Your Work, Editing Dialog, Subclipping and Storyboarding, Timeline Editing, Working with Audio, Capturing Media, Preparing Your Bin for Editing, Creating Titles with Avid Marquee, Media Management, AVX Plug-in Effects, Vertical Effects, Motion Effects, The Color Effect, Nesting Effects, Introduction to the 3D Warp Effect, Working with Shapes, and Additional 3D Warp Parameters. This course is $2,200. If you are interested please register at www.mewshop.com or call us at 212-414-9570. Questions and tours of our facility are always welcome!

Here's a News Media Montage created by our own Jason Banke for Ryan Bowen's "Biking For Obama." Enjoy! You can see more of his work at JB Visual Media

Mewshop’s Certification Sunday is a half-day review and exam session for Final Cut Pro users who wish to be recognized by Apple and the industry as Apple-Certified Pros. The course includes in-depth application review with an Apple-Certified Trainer, and the Apple-Certified Final Cut Pro Level 1 End User Exam (an online, 70-question, multiple-choice test.) Pass the Level-One Certification Exam and differentiate yourself to employers and colleagues as a highly skilled FCP user, receive a certificate from Apple distinguishing you as an Apple-Certified Pro, and have the right to use the Apple-Certified Pro logo on your own promotional materials. Certification Sunday is presented in conjunction with EditFest NY - unique educational and networking event that brings the most sought-after editors straight from the cutting room directly to the audience. Presented on June 12th - June 13th by American Cinema Editors (ACE) and Manhattan Edit Workshop (Mewshop), EditFest NY will deliver vita

This will be a one of a kind class! Not only will Josh be discussing the art of documentary film-making but, you'll be workshopping new footage - Biking for Obama's Ryan Bowen. Check him out at www.bikingforobama.com We will be hearing from additional special guests as well. Former six-week instructor Thomas Dexter will be examining sequences from a documentary he's editing about south african folk singer Syd Kitchen. And "Heart of Stone" editor Anand Kamalakar and director Beth Toni Kruvant will be in attendance. "Heart of Stone" won the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival and Best Documentary Feature at Cinequest Film Festival.

Starts April 20th. We know you wanted this class and now it's here. Don't let it pass you by. Make that good story great only at MEWShop . Register Here

April 28 - May 2, 2009 Opening and Closing Nights @ The Dolby Screening Room Daily Screenings @ The Disney Screening Room We are a sponsor with this independent film event. Check out Be Film for more details if you are interested! We think you will all love this!

Heart of Stone: An 85-minute documentary by Beth Toni Kruvant, 2008. This film documents the challenges of an inner city high school and the workings of its devoted principal, ambitious Jewish and African American alumni, students, and even gang members to restore the school’s safety and past glory. In 2001, Weequahic High School’s new principal Ron Stone created an unconventional conflict resolution program inspiring gang members to graduate and pursue college. Stone, who watched students engage in a mass brawl upon his arrival to the school, was able to forge a truce with the gangs and establish the school as a “non-violence” zone. Stone partners with the alumni to raise funds for college scholarships and other school activities. At Weequahic High School, where Philip Roth immortalized his Newark, NJ as a turn of the century Camelot, we see an unusual tale where past meets present and adolescents strive to overcome adversity.

Look for more info in May.... We are Excited!

EditFest NY premieres in Manhattan on June 12th, 2009 - an exciting, unique educational and networking event that brings the most sought after editors straight from the cutting room directly to the audience. Presented by American Cinema Editors ( ACE ) and Manhattan Edit Workshop ( Mewshop ), EditFest NY will deliver vital insight into the role and process of the editor as a critical part of any creative team. Over two tightly-programmed days, attendees - including professional editors, production executives, network and studio staff, fledgling assistants and content creators - will participate in sharply planned, targeted panels and extensive Q&A sessions. They’ll listen to, learn from and engage with the most respected, award winning editors of feature films and television. Attendees, VIPs, sponsors and panelists will also mingle at the highly anticipated opening night reception. Oscar winners. Oscar nominees. Emmy nominees. Emmy winners. Comedy Editors. Box Office mega-hit edi