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This course will provide a hands-on opportunity to work with film director and professor of media studies Bernadette Wegenstein in the editing process of We Conduct, a documentary about the magic of orchestral conducting and the changing face of those who are called to this vocation. The film follows famed conductor Marin Alsop as she breaks new ground in her already distinguished career. The film was shot predominantly in Baltimore, but also in New York, São Paulo, Vienna, Lucerne, and London, with Shana Hagan (Los Angeles) as Director of Photography, additional cinematography by Judith Benedikt (Vienna), and John Benam (Baltimore). During the semester we will be looking at the various narratives in their rough format, and see the film take shape from treatment to full-fledged documentary narrative. Editor Victor Livingston based in Los Angeles will come to work with the class twice during the semester.