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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...

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 presents: Sight, Sound & Story - Michael Berenbaum, ACE on "The Americans." From Sight, Sound & Story - June 14th, 2014. Michael Berenbaum, ACE, has been editing feature films and television in New York for over twenty years. He has worked with such directors as Joel and Ethan Coen, John Turturro, Al Pacino, Julian Schnabel, and Martin Scorsese. His television work includes "Sex and the City," for which he won two ACE awards, the pilot for "Desperate Housewives," for which he won an Emmy, "ED", "The Wire," "The Comeback", and "Love Monkey." His latest films include "Hollywoodland," starring Adrian Brody & Diane Lane, both "Sex and the City" features, "What to Expect When Expecting" starring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Anna Kendrick, and Chris Rock, and the FX series "The Americans", starring Kari Russell and Matthew Rhys. "The ...

VOTE NOW for March Edit Madness!!  VOTE HERE:  https://poll.fbapp.io/ gb lxbf Round 1 - West Bracket - 3. Crosscutting raid scene in "Silence of the Lambs"  vs. 6. Sex/lounge scene in "Out of Sight" Up next we have two cross-cutting the scenes; the first in the Raid sequence from Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs," and the second is the Lounge scene from Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight." "The Silence of the Lambs" was edited by Craig McKay, ACE, and won an Academy award for Best Picture. Anne Coates, ACE received an Oscar nomination for her work on "Out of Sight." For full information on #MarchEditMadness go to  http://bit.ly/2nrPzcI .  Keep voting each day as we get through the best 32 scenes for a showdown on April 3rd!

VOTE NOW for March Edit Madness!!  VOTE HERE:  https://poll.fbapp.io/ zt hani Round 1 - West Bracket - 2. Ambush in "Bonnie & Clyde" vs. 7. Facesmash scene in "The Social Network" In this matchup we have the frenetic Facesmash sequence from David Fincher's "The Social Network" up against the finale of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde." Kirk Baxter, ACE and Angus Wall, ACE won the Academy Award for editing "The Social Network," and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture. "Bonnie and Clyde" was cut by the legendary Dede Allen, ACE.   For full information on #MarchEditMadness go to  http://bit.ly/2nrPzcI .  Keep voting each day as we get through the best 32 scenes for a showdown on April 3rd!