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24 CINEMONTAGE / JUL-AUG 14 Wife Swap, 2012-present) and Marlisse Malkames, ACE (The Bachelorette, 2003-present), joined by assistant editors Alex Seymour (The Bachelor, 2002-present) and Ciaran Vejby (Gator Boys, 2012-present). Coleman closed the panel with words summing up the program's goal: "You are all part of the ACE family now. We have great hopes for you. Please apply all that you have learned. Keep in touch." Her request is sincere. Over the years, many applicants have served as volunteer staff for ACE events, along with the interns. Supporting Coleman's words, American Film Institute graduate Kyla Plewes says, "This was such a great networking opportunity. I feel like this is a community I can be part of." Giovanni Costa, from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, notes, "I learned three semesters of material in one day." Shannon Weiss, a 2012 intern, agrees, adding, "This is teaching us the mindset you have to have to work with people in the industry." The cumulative knowledge shared by series panelists and conveyed through the program has been incorporated in a book written by Coleman and Friedberg. Published by Focal Press in 2010, Make the Cut: A Guide to Becoming a Successful Assistant Editor in Film and TV covers the nuts and bolts of the profession. They are now writing a follow-up volume entitled Make the Next Cut, dealing primarily with making the transition from assistant editor to editor. The Monday immediately after the Lecture Series, this year's selectees commenced their internships. Syracuse University graduate Susy Benaim started e-mailing reports to her mentor, Plisco, while Alfonso Carrion, from Emerson College, began writing to his mentor, Cooke. The interns also utilized a new program component — Big Brothers/Big Sisters. During the planning for 2014, incoming co-director Nelson proposed that new interns be advised by internship alumni. Thus, Benaim was able to call on assistant editor and former intern Marissa Mueller (NCIS: Los Angeles, 2009-2012) for advice while assistant editor and alumna Shoshanah Tanzer (Ugly Betty, 2006-10) was available to Carrion. The first week, the interns observed editing procedures for dramatic TV. Carrion spent five days watching assistants Mindy Elliott and Damien Smith with editor Tod Feuerman, A.C.E, on House of Lies (2012-present). Benaim split her week between assistant editor Judy Guerrero — working with Steven Sprung, ACE, and Arge O'Neal, ACE, on The Crazy Ones (2013-present) — and assistant Brock Hammitt with editor and internship alumnus Hunter M. Via, ACE, on From Dusk Till Dawn (2014-present). The next week was feature editing. From a TV show with extensive visual effects, Benaim went on to a major visual effects feature, Brett Ratner's Hercules (2014), shadowing assistant editor Chris Jackson's work with editor Mark Helfrich, ACE, and 1993 intern and editor Julia Wong, and visual effects editor Scott Janush. Carrion sat in with assistant Susy Benaim, left, Christopher Cooke and Alfonso Carrion. Below from left: Terry Kelley, Lynne Willingham, Steven Cohen and Harvey Rosenstock. CineMontage_Jul-Aug_14-4.indd 24 6/18/14 5:35 PM