Mohamed El Manasterly is one of the Emmy Winning editors of “The Square”. This 2013 Egyptian-American documentary film by Jehane Noujaim depicts the ongoing Egyptian Crisis until 2013, starting with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 at Tahrir Square. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. It also won three Emmy Awards at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, out of four for which it was nominated.
In this video Manasterly opens up his timelines to demonstrate how he organizes the dailies by themes and characters and how to ultimately arrive at a 3-act structure for a full-length documentary.
Take action and cut a 60 sec. (or less) film and get a shot at winning some amazing prizes
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It is my pleasure to announce the winners of the DarkRoom Editing Challenge. Wait… before I do, I do want to congratulate all participants for taking action. I can’t stress how often I see talent go to waste by procrastination and pushing off.
So the fact that you got out there, put yourself on the line and faced the darkness – all that in the name of Art – Amazing!
I have to say, especially in Round 2, I’ve listened to so many great submissions, I actually thought that I would have not been able to place myself. What I mean is: the competition got really really good. So kudos!!!
THE DARKROOM EDITING CHALLENGE: https://thisguyedits.com/darkroom (Click the “Commercial Plan” Free Trial) – Rules and Instructions further down…
Take the 60 sec. editing challenge and win from a boatload of prizes: over $3000,-. (Be sure to read the tip at the bottom to increase your chance of winning.)
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Mohamed El Manasterly is one of the Emmy Winning editors of “The Square”. This 2013 Egyptian-American documentary film by Jehane Noujaim depicts the ongoing Egyptian Crisis until 2013, starting with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 at Tahrir Square. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. It also won three Emmy Awards at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, out of four for which it was nominated.
