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From Sight, Sound and Story: The Art of Cinematography 2015. Recorded live at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway on September 30th, 2015. Paul Koestner has been a cinematographer for over three decades since graduating from one of those film schools nobody in the business cares about. His projects have included features, television series, commercials, industrials, documentaries and webcast series. Paul is perhaps best known through his work with Louis CK, with whom he has collaborated for the last twenty-plus years. Along with the FX Series bearing Mr. CK’s name, the two have worked together on projects such as "The Chris Rock Show," "The Dana Carvey Show," and numerous short-form pieces both personal and professional. Early obscure works include the film shorts "Caesar Salad" and "Ice Cream."  "Louie" is an American comedy-drama television series on the FX network that began airing in 2010. It is written, directed, edited, and prod...

Editor William Goldenberg, ACE discusses working on the both literally and figuratively dark climax of "Zero Dark Thirty."From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. For more information go to: https://:www.SightSoundandStory.com. #SSS2015 , #ITCR , #BobbieOSteen , #MEWTube , #HP , #williamgoldenberg , #oscarwinner , #oscar , #academyaward , #editing , #insidethecuttingroom , #editing , #editor , #film , #zerodarkthirty , #billygoldenberg , #ACE , #americancinemaeditors , #intel , #sightsoundandstory

Editor William Goldenberg, ACE discusses editing the exciting climax of "Seabiscuit." From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. For more information go to: https://www.SightSoundandStory.com. #SSS2015 , #ITCR , #SeaBiscuit , #MEWTube , #BobbieOSteen , #WilliamGoldenberg , #Sightsoundandstory , #MEWShop , #billygoldenberg , #ACE , #americancinemaeditor , #tobeymaguire , #edit , #editing , #film , #editor , #HP , #intel , #hewlettpackard

Editor William Goldenberg, ACE discusses restructing scenes in "The Imitation Game." From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. For more information go to: https://www.SightSoundandStory.com. #SSS2015 , #ITCR , #BobbieOSteen , #TheImitationGame , #MEWTube , #HP   #ACE , #americancinemaeditors , #billygoldenberg , #alanturing , #sightsoundandstory , #bobbieosteen , #insidethecuttingroom , #BenedictCumberbatch , #AcademyAwardNominee , #bestpicture , #MortenTyldum , #KeiraKnightley , #editing , #edit , #editor , #postproduction

From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. For more information go to: https://www.SightSoundandStory.com.  #heat , #robertdeniro , #williamgoldenberg , #sightsoundandstory , #mewtube , #mewshop , #ace , #bobbieosteen , #michaelmann , #sss2015 , #editing , #filmediting , #alpacino , #americancinemaeditors , #ITCR

Editor William Goldenberg, ACE discusses mixing different tones and different footage types in a scene from "Argo." From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," from Manhattan Edit Workshop's Sight, Sound & Story event on June 13, 2015. For more information visit www.mewshop.com and www.sighsoundandstory.com. #argo , #benaffleck , #mewshop , #mewtube , #johngoodman , #sightsoundandstory , #williamgoldenberg , #ACE , #oscar , #editing , #bobbieosteen , #ITCR , #SSS2015 , #editor , #filmediting

Part two of William Goldenberg, ACE from the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. For more information go to: SightSoundandStory.com. Like us on Facebook at Sight, Sound & Story: facebook.com/InsideCuttingRoom?ref=bookmarks Follow us on Twitter: @SightSndStory / twitter.com/SightSndStory #SSS2015 , #benaffleck , #oscar , #editing , #editor , #ACE , #ITCR , #MEWTube , #MEWShop , #sightsoundandstory , #BobbieOSteen , #Argo , #WilliamGoldenberg , #insidethecuttingroom

Check out some scary and educational behind the scenes videos from the world of Post Production from our library! Legendary Editor Anne V. Coates, ACE goes "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen" to talk about editing alternate reveals in "The Elephant Man," from "Sight, Sound & Story" 2016. Sidney Wolinsky, ACE discusses working with Guillermo del Toro on "The Strain," from "Sight, Sound & Story" 2015.   Editor Fabienne Bouville, ACE on stylistic changes between seasons of  "American Horror Story," from "Sight, Sound & Story" 2015. Oscar Tillman & Adele Major Discuss the Creation of an Interactive Horror Website "Hotel 626" from "Sight, Sound & Story" 2013. Craig McKay, ACE goes "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen" to talk about the process of parallel cutting from "The Silence of the Lambs." Editor ...

Editor William Goldenberg, ACE discusses putting together a scene featuring actors with wildly different performing styles, as seen in "The Insider." From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. William Goldenberg, ACE, has more than twenty film and television credits since 1992. He won the Academy Award for Film Editing for the film Argo, and has been nominated for "The Insider," "Seabiscuit," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "The Imitation Game." He has also received nominations for nine other editing-related awards. Goldenberg has had an extended, notable collaboration with the director Michael Mann including "Heat," "The Insider," "Ali," and "Miami Vice." Some of his other work includes "Unbroken," "Alive," "Pleasantville," "National Treasure," and "National Trea...

New York, New York - October 18, 2016 - As the leader in post-production training and certification, Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop) , has produced, over a number of years, a wealth of video content. Already known for its " Sight, Sound & Story " speaker series and Six-Week Art of Editing course , MEWShop is expanding its purview to web content. That content is available on YouTube.com/MEWShop , from interviews with award-winning editors and cinematographers, to how-to videos detailing step-by-step edit processes. MEWTube is home to more than 400 videos from MEWShop's " Sight, Sound & Story " event series; including documentary editors, cinematographers, VFX artists, and exclusive interviews with dozens of top visual storytellers like Anne V. Coates, ACE  ( Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man) , Michael Kahn, ACE ( Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park) , William Goldenberg, ACE ( The Imitation Game, Argo ), Kelley Dixon, ACE ( Breaking Bad ), A...

Cinematographer Nancy Schreiber, ASC discusses shooting the period piece "Shadow Magic." Recorded at the event "Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography" on September 30, 2015. Nancy Schreiber, ASC is an award winning cinematographer based in both New York and Los Angeles. She came up through the ranks as an electrician and gaffer, working in commercials features and documentaries for such directors and producers as Martha Coolidge, Michael Hausman, and Richard Pearce. "Shadow Magic" is a 2000 film directed and co-written by Ann Hu. The film was a US-China co-production starring Xia Yu, Jared Harris and Xing Yufei. The movie was Ann Hu's directorial debut. This video is sponsored by AJA Video Systems. AJA Video Systems is a leading manufacturer of high-quality and cost-effective digital video acquisition, interface, conversion and desktop solutions for professional broadcast, production and post-production. AJA simplifies profess...

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...

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...

From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. William Goldenberg, ACE, has more than twenty film and television credits since 1992. He won the Academy Award for Film Editing for the film Argo, and has been nominated for "The Insider," "Seabiscuit," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "The Imitation Game." He has also received nominations for nine other editing-related awards. Goldenberg has had an extended, notable collaboration with the director Michael Mann including "Heat," "The Insider," "Ali," and "Miami Vice." Some of his other work includes "Unbroken," "Alive," "Pleasantville," "National Treasure," and "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction," and "Gone Baby Gone." About...

Cinematographer Jerry Ricciotti discusses shooting on location for "Vice." Recorded at "Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography" on September 30, 2015. Jerry Ricciotti is currently a Director of Photography for "Vice," working mainly on our HBO series called "Vice" on HBO and "Vice News." He was nominated for a cinematography Emmy last year and won an Emmy for best informational series. "Vice" on HBO shoots on location with very small teams; so all out work is run and gun where the crew often find themselves wearing many different hats. Prior to "Vice," Jerry was based in California shooting documentaries mainly focused on sports and professional surfing. He currently lives in Brooklyn (which is for about five days a month.)  "Vice" is a documentary TV-series created and hosted by Shane Smith of "Vice" magazine. Produced by Bill Maher, it uses CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria as a...

Editors Jesse Averna, Sidney Wolinsky, ACE and Michael Berenbaum, ACE on the importance of Adobe After Effects. From Manhattan Edit Workshop's Sight, Sound & Story event, June 13, 2015. For more information visit www.mewshop.com and www.sighsoundandstory.com. About Jesse Averna (@Dr0id): For the last six seasons, the series editor for "Sesame Street," for which he has won five Emmys. Jesse also teaches Continuing Ed at the School of Visual Arts, recently directed a new children’s series "Monica’s Mixing Bowl" and is in active development on his own film. He also leads a weekly Twitter chat every Wednesday night for Post Professionals, called #PostChat. When Jesse’s not engaged in the above, or spending time with his family, he’s editing recap promo’s for SyFy’s "12 Monkeys.' Basically, he’s a workaholic insomniac with a love for his daughter, Post Production, monsters and droids. About Michael Berenbaum, ACE: Michael served as editor on both...

Editor William Goldenberg, ACE discusses restructing scenes in "The Imitation Game." From the panel "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen," at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 13th, 2015. William Goldenberg, ACE, has more than twenty film and television credits since 1992. He won the Academy Award for Film Editing for the film Argo, and has been nominated for "The Insider," "Seabiscuit," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "The Imitation Game." He has also received nominations for nine other editing-related awards. Goldenberg has had an extended, notable collaboration with the director Michael Mann including "Heat," "The Insider," "Ali," and "Miami Vice." Some of his other work includes "Unbroken," "Alive," "Pleasantville," "National Treasure," and "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon...

Cinematographer Matt Porwoll is based in New York City. His most recent work,  Cartel Land , was nominated for a 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary (feature). Cartel Land was also selected for competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and subsequently went on to win the US Documentary Prize for Cinematography. He was one of three speakers on the documentary panel at MEWShop's " Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography," 2015  event. We recently caught up with him to ask some in-depth questions about his career and experiences as a cinematographer. Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop): Where did you grow up and why did you want to be a cinematographer? Matt Porwoll (MP):  I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve known that I wanted to be a cinematographer since my freshman year of high school. It’s interesting to try and trace the reason why, but I think a big part of why I took this path was that my dad liked taking pictures. As a kid I loved goi...