Manhattan Edit Workshop's Blog

( Courtesy of Filmmaker U Blog - go to  https://bit.ly/2SwWwpO ) There are a lot of things that go into mastering a craft. Hours of practice, mastery of your tools, numerous mistakes to learn from, and years of experience that pushes you to become a better craftsperson. You also need to explore and learn from your colleagues work to see how others have tackled something differently than you might have approached it, so you can be influenced and intellectually challenged. We sat down during a break in shooting our course with Eugene Gearty on Sound Design (Available here) , to discuss what films influence and inspire him. Here are the films that stand out for him. Apocalypse Now | Sound Designer: Walter Murch For Eugene, Apocalypse Now is the “holy grail of sound design... I didn’t even hear an edit… everything sounded like it dissolved, overlapped…” This film is what inspired Eugene to explore more about sound design in film. Apocalypse Now helped revoluti...

MEWShop Blog Readers in NYC!!! If you haven’t already, be sure to RSVP to Audio Network’s Adobe Premiere Pro Launch Event on October 6th  from 7pm - 9pm . As friends of Audio Network, we’re invited to join them at the Ace Hotel: Breslin Mezzanine for free appetizers, drinks and demos as they introduce their new panel. Please RSVP directly to Audio Network at  madeline.dinapoli@ audionetwork.com   and indicate you are from MEWShop .

MEWShop Blog Readers in NYC!!! If you haven’t already, be sure to RSVP to Audio Network’s Adobe Premiere Pro Launch Event on October 6  from 7pm - 9pm . As friends of Audio Network, we’re invited to join them at the Ace Hotel: Breslin Mezzanine for free appetizers, drinks and demos as they introduce their new panel. Please RSVP directly to Audio Network at  madeline.dinapoli@ audionetwork.com   and indicate you are from MEWShop .

MEWShop Blog Readers in NYC!!! If you haven’t already, be sure to RSVP to Audio Network’s Adobe Premiere Pro Launch Event on October 6 - 7  from 7pm - 9pm . As friends of Audio Network, we’re invited to join them at the Ace Hotel: Breslin Mezzanine for free appetizers, drinks and demos as they introduce their new panel. Please RSVP directly to Audio Network at  madeline.dinapoli@ audionetwork.com   and indicate you are from MEWShop .

In this video from MEWTube, documentary editor Mona Davis discusses the making of Love & Diane . From "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 11th, 2016. Mona Davis is a feature documentary editor based in New York with a passion for verite films with character driven stories. Her credits include the critically acclaimed Love and Diane, which premiered at the New York Film Festival, the Emmy nominated A Perfect Candidate ,  Dream Deceivers , The State of Arizona, and the Academy Award nominated In Our Water and The Farm: Angola USA (Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance), for which she won an Emmy for Best Documentary Editing. She has consulted on numerous films including 51 Birch Street and First Comes Love . Her work has shown theatrically and on HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, BBC and Arte. Love & Diane is a 2002 documentary film directed by Jennifer Dworkin about a recovering crack addict and her troubled daughter in New York City as they navigate the obstacles of ...