Manhattan Edit Workshop's Blog

This upcoming  December 6th , MEWShop's acclaimed speaker series returns for the third 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 & television and then explore the process of shooting narrative feature films with an acclaimed cinematographer. Wednesday, December 6 , 2017 ​ Schedule: 4:00pm - Check-in ​ 4:30pm - 5:30pm - "Thinking in Pictures - Perspectives, Composition, Lighting and Mood in Documentary Filmmaking" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:  TBD 5:45pm - 6:45pm - "The Golden Age of Television: Bringing the Look of Cinema to the Small Screen" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:  TBD 7:00pm - 8:00pm - "Behind the Lens: A Conversation with an Acclaimed Cinematographer" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:...

Graham Roberts on a 360° look at the presidential race. Recorded at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 10, 2017. Graham Roberts is a 5-time Emmy Award nominated Senior Editor at The New York Times, focusing on innovation in visual journalism. ​ He leads a team that explores new approaches in video, motion graphics, virtual/augmented reality, and immersive visual storytelling. ​ He has received recognition for this work from a number of award-giving bodies, including the Society of News Design, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the Pulitzer Awards. Graham teaches motion graphics at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and speaks internationally at schools and conferences. "The Contenders": Arenas, auditoriums, restaurants, banquet halls. These are the unexceptional settings of an exceptionally American endeavor: running for president. In these communal spaces, average people have the chance to share a few words with th...

Julina Tatlock on the Conan 360 experience featuring the cast of "Suicide Squad." Recorded at "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 10, 2017.   Julina Tatlock founded 30 Ninjas with Doug Liman in 2008. She is Executive Producer and a Director of the six-part VR mini-series, "Invisible." ​ Tatlock’s awards and nominations include: Two Shorty Awards, three Emmy Nominations (2 Outstanding Original Interactive Programming and Outstanding Work in Long Form Investigative Journalism), one SXSW Nomination (Best Interactive Film/TV Campaign), one TV of Tomorrow Award (Most Most Significant Content Offering), winner of Gracie Award for Outstanding Documentary, both the Grand Prize and Best Mixed Media Award at the World Internet Animation Festival, and was nominated for Best Animation Award at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Prior to founding 30 Ninjas, Tatlock spent 15 years in television working at Martha Stewart Living and Oxygen Medi...

MEWShop is proud to welcome editor  Jo Francis , ACE  as our Artist in Residence for our June/July 2017 Six Week Intensive Art of Editing Workshop. Jo Francis has long career as both a feature film and television editor.  Her longstanding relationship with director Paul Haggis started with the television show  The Black Donnellys , and has continued on with the feature films  The Next Three Days ,  In the Valley of Ela h,  Third Person , and the television show  Crash .  They also collaborated on HBO's acclaimed mini-series Show Me Hero starring Oscar Issac.  Her other work includes Netflix's  Daredevil , Starz's  Power  and  Counterpart , and TNT's  Animal Kingdom .  For more information on our Six Week Intensive or for registration information please go to  http://mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/overview/

Manhattan Edit Workhsop has just announced new dates for our DaVinci Resolve workshops, which will be taught by Warren Eagles, professional color grader and co-founder of the International Colorist Academy (ICA). Touted as the color grading system of choice for many of Hollywood’s blockbuster production studios, DaVinci Resolve 14 was announced at NAB this year to much excitement over its expanded set of editing features among many other upgrades. ICA 101: An Introduction to Colorist Strategies with DaVinci Resolve A great introduction to Resolve 14 software, this class is ideal for first time users with little to no Resolve or colorist experience. This class mixes the operational side of Resolve with some practical real world training on workflows, basic color theory, grading approaches and techniques. Among many other topics, students will learn: • A complete demo of the system, looking at every area of the new software and how it works with the control surface • ...

Our thoughts go out to the family & friends of Larry Silk, ACE. He’ll be remembered for his incredible kindness and devotion to craft. Some of the stories we were lucky enough to hear while he was Artist in Residence will stick with us forever.  Read more here: https://medium.com/@MEWShop/remembering-film-editor-larry-silk-ace-875850b7aade

MEWShop’s one-day summit returns to New York on June 10, 2017 at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway. Panels include the art and processes of editing documentary film and episodic television, and behind the scenes of cinematic VR. Our closing panel will highlight the career of an award-winning feature film editor with author and film historian Bobbie O’Steen. The summit culminates in a gala reception and networking session for guests, panelists and vendors. MEWShop Blog Subscriber discount!! Click here to get $20 off!! Schedule: ​ 10:00am - 11:30am - Anatomy of a Scene: Deconstructing Documentary Films Moderator: Garret Savage ( My Perestroika , Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship) Speakers: Amy Foote ( The Work, Mavis!, A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt ), Maya Mumma ( O.J.: Made in America, Restrepo ), & Sam Pollard ( Four Little Girls, When The Levees Broke ) 11:45am - 1:15pm - Cinematic 360/VR Panel: 360 Degrees of Storytelling Moderator: Ross Shain...