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  Inside The Cutting Room With Bobbie O'Steen" Featuring Andrew Weisblum, ACE - Black Swan Part II.  From the Series: "Manhattan Edit Workshop Presents Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O’Steen" featuring editor Andrew Weisblum, ACE on February 21st, 2013. Andrew Weisblum, ACE is an American film and a visual effects editor. He has collaborated frequently with directors Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson. Weisblum was nominated for an American Cinema Editors's Eddie Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film for his work on “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on “Black Swan.” About the moderator: Bobbie O’Steen is a New York-based writer and film historian, dedicated to sharing the editor’s invisible art with students, professionals, and the movie-going public. She is an Emmy-nominated film editor and the author of two acclaimed books about editing entitled "Cut to the Chase" and "The Invisible Cut....

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...