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Happy Monday! Here's a quick round-up of everything cool we saw in the post-production world this weekend. A look at how Kubo and the Two Strings ' first animated scene came together, via the people at LAIKA Animation Studio [ AOTG ] VFX Supervisor Peter Chiang discusses the classic eye-candy style of Star Trek: Beyond' s visual effects and building a new look for the franchise post-J.J. Abrams [ Studio Daily ] VFX breakdowns aren't just for splashy genre films: here's a look at the visual effects work that went into creating the look of Woody Allen's Cafe Society [ Vimeo ] We're obsessed with Stranger Things here at MEWShop, and the John Carpenter-influenced sound design is a huge factor. Here's an interview with the sound team who created it [ A Sound Effect ] Seriously, we're obsessed. Finally, it's not too late to register for the Evolution Film Festival's "See the Winners" event taking place 8/25 in Los Angeles!...

Editor Joe Schuck discusses the use of interviews in Discovery's "Alaskan Bush People." From "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. For the past two seasons, Joe Schuck has been editing Discovery Channel's hit show "Alaskan Bush People." He also served as editor on the first season of "Best Funeral Ever." Other projects that Joe served as assistant editor on include MTV's "True Life," A&E's "The First 48," Oxygen's "Jersey Couture," Discovery Life's "Facing Trauma," as well as several years at MLB.com as a Senior Game Night Editor. He is a graduate of the New York Institute of Technology, where he majored in Communication Arts specializing in Film and Video. Joe is also an alumni of Manhattan Edit Workshop's Six Week Intensive workshop, as well as a former Apple certified editing instructor. "Alaskan Bush People" is a journey deep...

Former Manhattan Edit Workshop Six-Week student Andrea Podaski talks about his experiences with Mewshop's Six Week Intensive Program. For more information on Manhattan Edit Workshop's Six Week Intensive Workshop go to:  http://www.mewshop.com/six_week_works... . Manhattan Edit Workshop is a New York Film Editing School offering a full range of basic to advanced manufacturer certified training courses, from the Avid, Autodesk, Assimilate and Apple products to the complete suite of Adobe applications. Manhattan Edit Workshop's mission is to provide the highest quality education for filmmakers and editors. Focusing on both the art and technology inherent to our craft. We foster a "learn by doing" approach in an atmosphere where mistakes are encouraged as part of the process and the only "silly" question is the one that isn't asked. 

The  Open Call  for submissions for our 2017-18 fellowship begins today! The online application must be completed by  September 30, 2016 . There is no fee to apply. As you know, the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship honors the memory of our friend and gifted editor Karen Schmeer. Inspired by Karen's generous nature, the fellowship assists emerging documentary editors by developing their talent, expanding their creative community, and furthering their career aspirations. We work with American Cinema Editors (ACE), Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Manhattan Edit Workshop, SXSW, IFFBoston, Stranger than Fiction, Rooftop Films, IDA and Camden International Film Festival to offer a wide array of opportunities for promising editors. To learn more about the amazing person that Karen was, read  here . Karen Schmeer at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival screening Mr. Death. If you are an emerging documentary film editor who has cut between on...

Miguel Esteban Rebagliato MEWShop alumni are always popping up in new and exciting places. Case in point: Miguel Esteban Rebagliato, who completed the Six Week Intensive at MEWShop in 2012, recently worked as an assistant editor on the Emmy-nominated miniseries The Night Manager . He recently wrapped a job on the upcoming Angelina Jolie film First They Killed My Father , and is currently working as an AE on the BBC adaption of Zadie Smith’s N.W. We recently caught up with Miguel to talk about his work, his editing philosophy, and how his experiences at Manhattan Edit Workshop have shaped his career. 1. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Valencia, Spain. I lived there until three years ago, when I finished an undergraduate degree in media and journalism and moved to the UK. I currently live in London. 2. What kind of film education did you receive? My parents used to take me to the cinema often, sometimes to films I wouldn't normally choose to watch myself. But I didn...

Happy Monday and happy August! Here's a taste of post-production news and current events for the last weekend of July '16. Video: Fabienne Bouville, ACE talks about taking edit notes for Masters of Sex at Sight, Sound & Story 2015 [ MEWTube ] Oliver Peters offers 12 tips for film editors - an interesting piece for discussion, agree or disagree on all of them [ DigiMedia Pros ] Speaking of useful tips, Screenlight has compiled a list of five major mistakes editors make while freelancing. [ Screenlight ] Supervising sound editor Benjamin Cook talks about creating the sound of sensory overload for the new Cinemax series Outcast [ Post Perspective ] Martín Hernández , sound designer on The Revenant , discusses his career and sound philosophy and shares exclusive looks at his process [ Avid Blogs ] Finally, Steve Hullfish at Pro Video Coalition talked to the editing team on Star Trek: Beyond (Steven Sprung, ACE, Kelly Matsumoto and Dylan Highsmith) as par...

Editor Fabienne Bouville, ACE discusses studio notes for "Masters of Sex." Fabienne Bouville, ACE, grew up in a suburb of Paris until age 16 when she moved to Manhattan, where she attended high school, college, and grad school, as well as getting a separate degree in photojournalism. When she was done getting an education and it was time to face the mountain of debt she accumulated, she moved to Los Angeles in hot pursuit of the mighty dollar. This is where she honed her skills as an editor, starting as an assistant on reality shows and slowly finding her way through editing for all different kinds of formats. She was lucky when she landed her first job on a Ryan Murphy TV show, "Nip/Tuck," 7 years ago, giving her an entrée into the scripted world and among an exceedingly talented and dedicated group of editors. She received two Emmy nominations for her work on American Horror Story. "Masters of Sex" is an American period drama television series that...