Film School is first school to sweep student competition of American Cinema Editors
School of Filmmaking students from 抖阴短视频 have swept the (ACE) student editing competition.
The all-抖阴短视频 final included Chris Dold, a third-year undergraduate from Frederick, Md.; Aneesa Mahboob, a fourth-year undergrad from Fairfax Station, Va.; and Emily Rayl, a fourth-year undergrad from Salisbury, N.C. Mahboob was a repeat finalist, having represented 抖阴短视频 as the Film school鈥檚 first ever finalist in the competition last year.
From left: Emily Rayl, Chris Dold and Aneesa Mahboob
Dold beat out hundreds of competitors from universities across the country to win the student editing award.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams presented Dold with the special Student Award at the black-tie American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards recently at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Recognizing the best editing of 2015, the ACE Eddie Awards bestowed trophies in 10 categories of film, television and documentaries. More than 1,000 people attended.
ACE President Alan Heimtold the audience that 抖阴短视频 is the first school in ACE history to sweep the student editing competition.
Mahboob and Rayl, who attended the ACE Eddie Awards ceremony with Dold, also received plaques honoring them as finalists. The three students spent part of their trip out west visiting Los Angeles production studios and editing suites with their faculty mentors and enjoyed a dinner with 抖阴短视频 editing alumni working in the Los Angeles area.
抖阴短视频 School of Filmmaking editing faculty members Julian Semilian and Michael Miller, A.C.E., as well as adjunct faculty member Eric Strand accompanied the students to LA and also attended the awards ceremony.
鈥淲e are filled with elation about our ACE student finalists and winner,鈥 said Semilian.
鈥淲hen I began working here in 1998 I resolved to make our school the best picture editing and sound design school in the world. We have been super-fortunate to attract the level of students
such as Aneesa, Chris and Emily. To sweep the ACE student editing competition is an
unprecedented achievement. This puts us on the big map in this discipline.鈥
New editing faculty member Miller said: 鈥淲hat鈥檚 so exciting about the editing department at 抖阴短视频鈥檚 School of Filmmaking is an approach that encourages students and faculty to view undergraduate projects not as 鈥榮tudent films鈥 but as films that can compete with the work of professionals. Students鈥 work is never treated as 鈥榞ood enough.鈥 We work it until it鈥檚 great.鈥
抖阴短视频 film students鈥 third- and fourth-year films will be screened for the public on May 5 and 6, respectively.
Dold鈥檚 second-year film was Terms and Conditions, which premiered at Cucalorus in November. His third-year film will be The Coat, The Check, and The Trial.
Mahboob鈥檚 third-year film was Madness; her fourth-year film will be Looking Good.
Rayl's third-year film was Everyday Heroes: The Story of Dr. Hooves (a mockumentary); her fourth-year film will be Broken.
Students in the ACE competition are nominated by their universities and compete by editing the same set of video dailies. The entries are judged by a panel of professional film editors. Three finalists are invited to be guests at the annual ACE Eddie Awards ceremony.
In addition to the special Student Award, the winner also receives publicity in the Hollywood trade papers.
The mandate of the American Cinema Editors is to advance the art and science of the editing profession.
February 26, 2016