Training Schedule:
8 am PST — Audio Editing & Mixing in Premiere Pro
9 am PST — Comparing Avid to PR (Key Differences)
10 am PST — Interview: Randi Altman (Host) and Alex Trudeau Viriato
11 am PST — Sponsor Demo: LucidLink
Noon PST — Text-Based Editing in Premiere
1 pm PST — Motion Title Design in Premiere
2 pm PST — Interview: Randi Altman (Host) and Paul Saccone
Picturehouse 441 and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with actor Sir Jonathan Pryce, as he discusses his work on the 1985 science-fiction black comedy Brazil. In a career full of wildly imaginative films, Brazil stands tall as Terry Gilliam’s most complete and satisfying vision. Inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 (Brazil was originally titled 1984 1/2 but was changed after Michael Radford’s direct cinematic adaptation of the novel beat Brazil to theaters by a year), this pitch-black dystopian comedy about a bureaucrat (Sir Jonathan Pryce) who dreams of escaping his monotonous life has had a profound influence on decades of subsequent films. Brazil pops with the thrill of invention and is grounded with a profound sense of humanity by Sir Jonathan Pryce in his breakout performance. An oddly timely and prophetic vision of the now-past future (or was it always past?) that's brilliantly cut by Julian Doyle, Brazil has revealed itself to be a warning of forthcoming history that’s both deeply disturbing and insanely entertaining. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, May 21 at 4PM ET/1PM PT. **ACE members, please check your email for free ticket information.**
Picturehouse 441 and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
Join us for a 50th Anniversary Q&A with actor Ellen Burstyn as she discusses her work on the 1974 romantic comedy/drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The incomparable Ellen Burstyn deservingly won the Best Actress Oscar for her tough, empathetic portrayal of single mother and waitress, Alice, who gets caught between her own dreams of independence and a man who begins to steal her heart. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is Burstyn’s show. Passionately leading a cast that includes an Oscar-nominated Diane Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, and a young Jodie Foster, Burstyn gives a voice to the everyday working woman of America in this ahead-of-its-time feminist tale that inspired the hit TV series, Alice. Low-key, witty, and moving and edited by Marcia Lucas, the film was Martin Scorsese’s follow-up to Mean Streets which also showed the filmmaker’s versatility early in his career. We’re incredibly excited to welcome Ellen back to Picturehouse 441 after our deep-dive into The Exorcist with her last year. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Wednesday, May 1 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
**ACE Members, please check your email for a complimentary ticket to this virtual Q&A.**
VGOW Tish, Editors Angela Slaven BFE and Lindsay Watson discuss their nominated edit of Tish Documentary
Picturehouse 441 and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with writer/director Paul Schrader & editor Benjamin Rodriguez, Jr., as they discuss 2017 psychological drama First Reformed. Paul Schrader’s late-career opus, First Reformed, found the veteran filmmaker reinvigorated and finally earned him his first Oscar nomination (for his screenplay). A gonzo take on Bergman’s Winter Light, this thought-provoking, complicated, and frequently outrageous film asks huge questions, allows them to marinate, and then dips out, leaving the audience to answer the questions it poses for themselves. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, and Cedric the Entertainer give three difficult, intense performances, and Schrader takes huge risks that all add up to hugely satisfying sensation. First Reformed was expertly edited by Benjamin Rodriguez, Jr. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, April 25 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
**ACE Members, please check your email for a complimentary ticket to this virtual Q&A.**
Hear post producers and engineers share their thoughts on the future of post production. Join Avid’s own Michael Krulik, and guests Tony Palermo (Drive), Carey Len Smith (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Steve Barnett (Avatar), and Robert Tonkin (30 Days) for this informative virtual event. “The Future of Post Production” is part of Avid’s year-long Frame the Future series.
In this session, our experts address these topics:
Will AI/ML learning help or hinder post processes in the future?
How is AI currently being used?
How have recent strikes affected post production?
Will changes in technology and new workflows result in a lack of talent and support?
Sign up now to attend this virtual event. Watch for other Avid Frame the Future events focusing on storage trends, newsroom strategy, and business transformation.
Host: Michael Krulik, Avid Video Product Evangelist
Join the British Film Editors for another VGOW, this time exploring The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with guest editors Anthony Boys, ACE BFE, Zana Bochar, Tim Streeto, ACE and Kate Sanford, ACE and host Roberta Bononi on the Wednesday, April 17 at 11:30am PT!
Picturehouse 441 & ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
Tune in on April 4, tune in to watch a Q&A with actor Viggo Mortensen as he discusses his work on the 2005 action thriller film A History of Violence. Kicking off a multi-film collaboration between master filmmaker David Cronenberg and star Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence is arguably the pair's strongest – a lean, mean thriller about a family man whose past life violently starts to catch up with him. Coming off of his star-making performances in Lord of the Rings, Viggo Mortensen does career-best work that showcases his impressive versatility, sometimes within a single scene in this film. And, History finds Cronenberg in more grounded but no less provocative territory than usual, toning down his more surreal impulses for this film. Haunting and visceral in equal measure, A History of Violence is one of the essential films of the 2000s that makes for bruising, unforgettable viewing. A History of Violence is expertly edited by Ronald Sanders, ACE. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, April 4 at 3PM ET/12PM PT.
*ACE members, please check your email for free ticket information.*
Picturehouse 441 & ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
On Monday, April 1, join us for a Q&A with composer Alan Menken, as he discusses his work on the 1986 horror comedy musical film Little Shop of Horrors.
"On the twenty-third day of the month of September, in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places..." and so begins Little Shop of Horrors, a wild, weird, completely demented, and utterly ingenious musical film adaptation of the Off-Broadway sensation by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, itself an adaptation of a zero-budget Roger Corman-directed film from 1960. What makes Little Shop shine is the obvious love put into its creation. Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia, and Levi Stubbs (as the voice of Audrey II) are note-perfect, the technical wizardry that Frank Oz and his team brought to give life to the plant through practical effects is nothing short of astonishing, and Ashman and Menken's literate and clever score ranks with the greats. With editing by John Jympson, ACE, a film with a bloodthirsty talking plant, a sadistic dentist, and big musical numbers may not sound like classic movie material, but Little Shop is so infectiously energetic and entertaining that it's impossible to resist. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Monday, April 1 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
*ACE members, please check your email for free ticket information.*
VGOW Lessons in Chemistry with Editors Laura Zempel, ACE, Matthew Barbato & Geraud Brisson, ACE chat with our host Shiny BFE.
Join the British Film Editors (BFE) for a fantastic hour with editors Liza Cardinale, ACE and Thomas Calderon chatting with Jonathan Stirling BFE about their edit on What We Do In The Shadows Season 5!
Tune in on Wednesday, March 13, to watch a Q&A with cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, AMC, ASC, as he discusses his work on the 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. Guillermo Del Toro’s dark fantasy, Pan's Labyrinth, is Alice in Wonderland by way of the Spanish Civil War, and even that is a reductive way of describing this simultaneously wondrous and brutal film. Following a young girl sent to the Spanish countryside to escape the horrors of war who encounters a mysterious fantasy world by night, this film wrenchingly explores the loss of innocence during wartime and the need for escape. Featuring jaw-droppingly rich work from cinematographer Guillermo Navarro who won one of the film’s three Oscars, Pan's Labyrinth is one of the essentials of modern-day cinema that finds its beloved filmmaker letting his imagination run gloriously wild. Pan's Labyrinth was edited by Bernat Vilaplana. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Wednesday, March 13 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
