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Upcoming Dates

  • COMING SOON!

Class runs evenings from 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Please let us know if you are interested in taking this class online in the comments section.

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Making the Cut 

Master EDITORS SEMINAR Workshop - $599

[EVENING INTENSIVE, Tuesday & Thursday for two weeks from 7:00pm - 9:30pm]

The purpose of this course is to reveal the art and technique of master editors through the screening and discussion of their work.   By doing a cut-by-cut analysis, Bobbie will explain the strategies and decisions behind the editing of many successful films - based on extensive interviews from her books, panels, and event series - which will ultimately empower you to become a better editor, filmmaker, and storyteller. 

Schedule:

  • CLASS ONE - FROM DAILIES TO FINAL CUT: Revolutionary use of camera, editing, and music. Film - The Graduate.

  • CLASS TWO -  DIALOGUE: Subtext, eyelines, and breaking rules. Films - 12 Angry Men, Chinatown, Gosford Park, Moulin Rouge, Moneyball, Arrival, I Tonya, and Widows.

  • CLASS THREE - BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS: Setting up a world and the payoff. FilmsA Hard Day’s Night,  Bonnie & Clyde,  Annie Hall, The Big Chill, Michael Clayton, and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.

  • CLASS FOUR - SEX and SUSPENSE: The build up and point of view. Films - Rear Window, Rosemary’s Baby, Body Heat, Silence of the Lambs, Out of Sight, Black Swan, and Blade Runner 2049.

Special Guest Editor TBD!  Past guest editors include Michael Berenbaum, ACE (Sex and the City, The Americans), Carol Littleton, ACE (E.T, The Big Chill, Body Heat), Stephen Rotter (The Right Stuff, Enchanted), and Craig McKay, ACE (Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs). Guest editors will visit one of our classes during the workshop.

Who should attend? Editors, Assistant Editors, Post Supervisors, Directors, Producers, and Filmmakers.

This class runs Tuesday & Thursday for two weeks from 7:00pm - 9:30pm.

Read more about Bobbie O'Steen Here.