American Cinema Editors (ACE) is the premiere membership association for professional feature film and television editors in the world. This year, ACE produced a weekend long event purely focused on the art of editing. The program included panel presentations on film, television and animation editing, an evening reception with the ACE Board members and the “Prime Cuts” event, a joint presentation of ACE and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Avid was the exclusive Platinum sponsor for this weekend event.
The event was extremely well attended with a sell-out crowd of 100 attendees. The attendees were a very diverse group and included students from USC, UCLA, Video Symphony, Inner City Filmmakers and Chapman University, among others. There were members of Hollywood Post Alliance as well as subscribers to Post Magazine. Also, there were quite a few working assistant editors who wanted a chance to meet and learn from the established editors.
On Friday evening, the opening panel consisted of feature film editors talking about how they got their start in the field of professional editing. After the panel, a cocktail reception was held and the attendees had the opportunity to mingle with the panelists and ACE board members. We set up a Avid demo area at the party and Michael Krulik, Senior Applications Editor, showed the new Media Composer v3.0 software running on a Mac.
Due to the overwhelming success of the program, it will most likely be held on an annual basis. Our congratulations goes out to American Cinema Editors and everyone who participated in this terrific event.