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Each March, college basketball dominates the month with the insanity of the "March Madness" tournament. This year Manhattan Edit Workshop has picked the top 32 edited narrative feature film scenes to face off for "March Edit Madness"!  The best edited s cene's continue to do battle in ROUND TWO each day on Manhattan Edit  Workshop's facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/ ManhattanEditWorkshop ), where the public will have 24 hours to vote on selected scenes moving on to the next round.  Below are the matchups! ROUND TWO March 23, 2017 EAST 1. Baptism scene in "The Godfather" vs.  4. Splitscreen scene in "Requiem for a Dream"    VOTE HERE:  https://poll.fbapp.io/ bzzfkc WINNER: WEST 1. Pool scene in "The Graduate" vs.  5. Phone booth attack scene in "The Birds"  VOTE HERE:  https://poll.fbapp.io/ lhtbvy WINNER: March 24, 2017 NORTH 1. Subway scene in The French Connection" vs.  4. 'How a...

Manhattan Edit Workshop Announces New Class Series with Film Historian and Author Bobbie O’Steen 'Making the Cut with Bobbie O’Steen’ courses explore the editor’s endgame decisions from inside the cutting room New York, New York  – Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), the east coast's top school in the post-production industry, for cutting edge certified training and for filmmakers learning the art and craft of editing, has just announced weekend dates for the ‘Making the Cut with Bobbie O’Steen’ class series this January 2017.  The purpose of this course is to understand the art and technique of master editors through screening and discussion of their work.  How do they decide what shot to use and when exactly to cut in and out of that shot? How do they shape actors’ performances and fit the puzzle pieces together to make a story work? O’Steen will reveal the wisdom and strategies of master editors by taking you through a cut-by-cut analysis of many classic movi...