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Just in time for Halloween, thrills and razor-sharp storytelling with editors who know how to make an audience squirm, laugh, and scream.
Sight, Sound & Story: Halloween Edition – Cutting Horror and Dark Comedy
Just in time for Halloween, Sight, Sound & Story brings you an evening of chilling thrills and razor-sharp storytelling with two acclaimed editors who know how to make an audience squirm, laugh, and scream.
Editor Brian Philip Davis will discuss shaping suspense and unsettling mood in his work on "Oddity." Editor Patrick Lawrence will share how he crafted the mix of humor and horror in "Screamboat." Together, they’ll reveal how choices in pacing, rhythm, and tone can turn raw footage into scenes that shock, scare, and entertain.
Moderated by Chad Anderson , the conversation will include scenes from both films, offering a rare chance to see how the edit shapes the final experience on screen.

Guest Editors; Brian A. Kates, ACE & Stacy Goldate, ACE are chatting with BFE Governor Andrew McKee BFE about this documentary

Editor Nels Bangerter chats with Karla Guimarães BFE about the edit of this wonderful documentary, Apocalypse in the Tropics

A conversation and Q&A with the author of “Every Frame Counts, An Assistant Editor’s Reference Book”. Jared Simon shares some the processes he uses to differentiate his work as an AE, as he works toward finding additional editor and assistant editor roles. He discusses using Avid with FileMaker Pro, prepping for ADR and explains some of the ‘student resources’ included with his book.

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 media literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with cinematographer Greig Fraser, ACS, ASC as he discusses his work on the epic space opera Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. A total departure from the films that preceded it, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story puts the "wars" in Star Wars. Telling the story of a group of rebels trying to steal the Death Star plans, Rogue One is an intense war film full of dazzling set pieces, a hero to root for (courtesy of Felicity Jones' powerful performance in the lead), and a gritty visual aesthetic, courtesy of the innovative cinematographer Greig Fraser. Harkening back to darker installments like The Empire Strikes Back, Rogue One captures the sense of wonder that made so many generations fall in love with this franchise in the first place.
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, September 2 at 2:30PM ET/11:30AM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.

Encore 1: Tuesday, September 2 at 8PM ET/5PM PT
Encore 2: Tuesday, September 2 at 11PM ET/8PM PT

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 media literacy.
Join us for a special Emmy Awards Q&A with editors Michael Oliver, ACE; Jenny Krochmal; Tim Wilsbach, ACE; Mohamed El Manasterly and supervising editor Evan Wise, ACE; editors Adrienne Gits, ACE; Doug Abel, ACE, BFE; & additional editor Sascha Stanton-Craven as they discuss their work on the documentary series Welcome to Wrexham (Season 3) and Chimp Crazy. Sit back and listen to the fascinating ins and outs of nonfiction storytelling. From the Wrexham soccer fields to the Missouri zoo that housed Tonka the chimp – the two Emmy-nominated editing teams behind FX’s Welcome to Wrexham and HBO’s Chimp Crazy will dive into their respective creative processes. With each team coming off their respective ACE Eddie wins for their editing work, audiences can look forward to a detailed discussion of how each series came together – from navigating updates in real time, hours of archival footage, and the shared thread of intensity across these very different series.
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Sunday, August 24 at 8PM ET/5PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.

Encore 1: Sunday, August 24 at 11PM ET/8PM PT
Encore 2: Monday, August 25 at 3PM ET/12PM PT

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This event is FREE to all ACE members and newsletter subscribers.

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 media literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with director/co-executive producer Amanda Marsalis & editor Mark Strand, ACE as they discuss their medical procedural drama series The Pitt.

The Pitt is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each episode follows an hour of Dr. Robby’s (Wyle) 15-hour shift as the chief attendant in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency room. (Description courtesy of HBO Max)

This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, August 19 at 8PM ET/5PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.

Encore 1: Tuesday, August 19 at 11PM ET/8PM PT
Encore 2: Wednesday, August 13 at 3PM ET/12PM PT

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 media literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with editor Monique Zavistovski, ACE & additional editor Lori Lovoy-Goranas they discuss their documentary Will & Harper.

Three years ago, Will Ferrell was filming a movie when he received a most surprising email: his dear friend of nearly 30 years was coming out to him as a trans woman.

That friend was Harper Steele, a writer he met on his first day at Saturday Night Live back in 1995. From that fateful first meeting in the halls of 30 Rock, Will knew he had found a match made in comedy, and their friendship and creative partnership would only continue to grow over the next 3 decades.

In this intimate, honest, and heartfelt documentary, Will and Harper hit the open road together to process this new stage of their friendship and reintroduce Harper to the country that she loves this time, as herself. Over 16 days, the two drive from New York to LA, visiting stops that are meaningful to them, to their friendship, and to America. Through laughter, tears, and many cans of Pringles, they push past their comfort zones as they re-examine their relationships to these spaces, and to each other, in this new light. (Description courtesy of Netflix)
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Monday, August 18 at 8PM ET/5PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.

Encore 1: Monday, August 18 at 11PM ET/8PM PT
Encore 2: Tuesday, August 19 at 3PM ET/12PM PT

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 media literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with editor Peggy Tachdjian, ACE as she discusses her biographical crime drama series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

Following the massive success of Dahmer, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series returns with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, chronicling the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed - and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole - that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dives into the historic case that took the world by storm, paved the way for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime, and in return asks those audiences: Who are the real monsters? (Description courtesy of Netflix)
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Thursday, August 14 at 6PM ET/3PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.

Encore 1: Thursday, August 14 at 11PM ET/8PM PT
Encore 2: Monday, August 18 at 3PM ET/12PM PT