Manhattan Edit Workshop's Blog

This upcoming  November 14th , MEWShop's acclaimed speaker series returns for its fifth year  with an evening devoted to the art of cinematography.  Join us as we celebrate the craft of visual storytelling from the masters behind the camera - we’ll go behind the scenes with some of the industry's best cinematographers in documentary & narrative films and then explore the process of bringing the look of cinema to the small screen in the golden of age of Peak TV.  Thursday, November 14,  2019 Schedule: 3:30 pm - Check-in 4:00 pm - Opening 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm - In The Moment: The Art of Cinematography in Documentary Filmmaking Moderator: Jim Kamp  (Producer ) Panelists:   Tom Hurwitz, ASC  ( American Dream, Harlan County U.S.A., The Queen of Versailles, Wild Man Blues)  &  Claudia Raschke  ( RBG, God is the Bigger Elvis, Mad Hot Ballroom) ​ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm - The New Age of TV: Bringing...

MEWShop’s one-day summit returns to New York on June 13, 2019, at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway.  Panels include the art and processes of editing documentary film and episodic television.  Our closing panel will highlight the career of an acclaimed feature film editor Mary Jo Markey, ACE with author and film historian Bobbie O’Steen.  The summit culminates in a gala reception and networking session for guests, panelists, and vendors.   Schedule: 3:30 pm: Check-In 4:00 pm: Opening 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm: Anatomy of a Scene: Deconstructing Documentary Films  Moderator: Jeremy Workman ( Magical Universe, The World Before Your Feet ) Speakers: Carla Gutierrez, ACE  ( RBG, La Corona, Chavela ) &  Jean Tsien, ACE (S cottsboro: An American Tragedy, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing)  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm - The Emergence of Peak TV: Television's Cinematic Revolution Moderator: Gordon Burkell (AOT...