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AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship, founded after the passing of accomplished editor Karen Schmeer ( The Fog of War, Sketches of Frank Gehry) , has awarded its inaugural fellowship to Erin Casper. Casper, editor of the documentary feature Our School , will receive the award on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival awards ceremony in Austin, Texas. The fellowship is a year-long, in-depth experience designed to foster the development of an emerging, talented film editor. The fellowship includes: mentorship with an ACE editor, chosen to match the interests of the fellow; education at the Manhattan Edit Workshop; full festival passes to ACE Edit Fests in Los Angeles and New York; SXSW Festival Film Badge, including full access to films, panels, mentor sessions and more; chrome festival pass to the Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFB); travel and hotel accommodations to one of the aforementioned festivals; $500 gift certificate...

Join Manhattan Edit Workshop owner Josh Apter and the C47's Jem Schofield for an "Ears-on" demo of the best techniques for recording location sound with today's HD-DSLRs and compact digital cinema cameras (like Panasonic's new AF-100).  Topics covered include mic selection and placement, mixing, booming, slating (analog and digital), external recorders, outboard field mixers and managing audio sync in post with new tools like Singular Software's DualEyes and PluralEyes. With the right equipment and the right approach to this highly technical discipline, you can achieve high quality audio on projects shot on today's large sensor interchangeable DSLRs and compact digital cinema cameras. Monday March 14, 2011 at 11am - 1pm.  Register  Here . This is a free event that will be held at  B & H Photo Video and Pro Audio  located at 420 9th Ave, NY New York 10001. Featured Speakers: After   Josh Apter   graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, h...

Sally continues her discussion on cutting for Tarantino.

Sally Menke discusses her work with Tarantino.

Join  Justin Madden of Manhattan Edit Workshop  who will explore how to create 3D stills, build simple 3D sets from 2D layers, and animate cameras in After Effects CS5 for Mac. After Effects CS5 is a powerful 64 bit rendering application that will allow you to create incredible motion graphics and visual effects. After Effects will work with any video format footage, photographs, and 3D renders with text, vector artwork, and music. As part of Creative Suite 5, After Effects works seamlessly with the other applications in the Adobe suite making for a fast and efficient 64 bit workflow. This one hour demo will be followed by a Q&A session. Monday March 7, 2011 at 3pm. Register  Here. This is a free event that will be held at  located at  Tekserve  - 119 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011. Featured Speaker: Justin Madden  is a freelance film editor and video artist artist who has worked in New York for over 11 years. After processing and prin...

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