Manhattan Edit Workshop's Blog

' Making the Cut with Bobbie O’Steen’ courses explore the editor’s endgame decisions from inside the cutting room New York, New York – September 29, 2016  –  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 these courses 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 movie scenes, based on interviews from her popular books, panels, and e...

Editor Meg Reticker on Searching for Clues to Cutting from "30 Rock," "The Wire," and "Big Love"   Meg Reticker is an accomplished editor in both film and television, whose career spans genre and with a list of credits that would make most comedy nerds, in particular, swoon. Her television credits include the award winning shows True Detective, 30 Rock, Big Love, Bored to Death, and The Wire. Meg’s feature film credits include Winged Creatures, directed by Rowan Woods. Meg’s also edited Come Early Morning, directed by Joey Lauren Adams; A Decade Under the Influence (directors Richard LeGravense and Ted Demme), which played in the 2003 Sundance Documentary Competition; Wet Hot American Summer, which premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival; and Heavy, staring Liv Tyler, which won the Special Director's Award at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival and showed in the Director's Fortnight of the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. She has also worked pr...