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To The Aotg.com Community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce we will no longer be updating Aotg.com. Back in 2007, when we started, there was a lack of access to information about film, television, and commercial editing. We wanted to fix that by creating a central location for content about editing to be stored.

Since then, we've watched the amount of content about editing on the internet grow exponentially. We've also watched social media tools come and go with that growth. Does anyone remember Google Wave!? These social media tools changed how people access and search for media and information. People tend to turn to Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram for their news and information, and those are all great tools to promote your sites, but as a site that aggregates links to other sites for users, it just doesn't work for us.

We will keep the site live but archive the ability to add links and comments. We will keep our database live with the links for those who desire to use it to search for editing information and research.

Our podcast, The Cutting Room, will move over to the Filmmakeru.com website and will continue to be a place for interviews with editors and other film professionals.

Everyone who worked for Aotg.com loved what we created and are proud that we could help so many editors find content that spoke to them.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the various post events worldwide in the coming years!

Yours truly,
Gordon Burkell
Aotg.com Founder

Do we always have to have "the best"?

January 28, 2013, 08:12 PM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2013/01/do-we-always...

It's common wisdom to always go for "the best" if you can afford it, but "the best" may not be what we need.

Top Posts on AOTG Jan 21-25, 2013

January 26, 2013, 03:57 PM

http://www.aotg.com/index.php?page=jan21-25

Thanks to our new analytics tools we now can track the popularity of posts. So with that in mind, here's the top posts from December 17-21, 2012. If you think there should be some inclusions that may not have been posted on the site for our analytics to see, add them in the comments below.

#editor#editing#top posts
In Defense Of 'Good Enough'

January 26, 2013, 09:52 AM

http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2013/good-enough.htm...

For many people in the TV and video industry good enough is a dirty word. It suggests a lack of care or investment. I think good enough should be embraced. Knowing what is good enough for the work you’re doing allows you to invest time and money in the places...

No Whining on the Yacht

January 26, 2013, 09:51 AM

http://wordpress.quintessentialstudios.net/?p=613

*Explicit Tag* I don’t believe in luck, good or bad. Although, I don’t discount tragedy. I’m fairly certain life is a fucked up dichotomy that’s always throwing shit at you and yet gives you the opportunity to behold the most beautiful experiences there are to behold. I think in the face of this, we use [...]

Samsara - Interview with co-editor and co-writer

January 25, 2013, 09:03 AM

http://editorunderconstruction.blogspot.com/2013/0...

Samsara is the latest documentary by Ron Fricke, director of Baraka. It is an interesting and spectacular bet that tour the world and human misery-all five continents in hours and forty-five minutes. The picture is accompanied by dramatic music composed by Michael Stearns, Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci turn that for a spectacular show performed by the director and Mark Magidson, also co-writer and producer of the film. Both also worked well in Baraka.

Metrics and the Future of Television

January 25, 2013, 08:50 AM

http://normanhollyn.com/2013/01/24/metrics-and-the...

I kind of think of Phil Hodgetts as the "Maestro of Metadata" – that practice of attaching as much data directly to our media as possible so we can more easily use and find those images, audio files, and video later. Metadata has been getting a lot of play in the last year or two...

DEFINING YOUR OWN SUCCESS

January 22, 2013, 07:51 AM

http://monicaedits.tumblr.com/post/41176080574

“Success isn’t fame, Success is just working and being good at what you do.” Jonah Ray, Comedian, The Nerdist Podcast. How do we define success for ourselves as editors?

What colour is night?

January 22, 2013, 07:47 AM

http://www.redsharknews.com/post/item/380-what-col...

This is the sort of question that vexes film and TV people because we're torn between two things: the need to follow conventions, so that the audience can follow what's going on, and the desire to be original. Or, to put it another way, we're a bunch of insecure fashion victims who lack the courage of our own convictions.

#color#post#colour#night
Tony Scott 12-19-2012

January 20, 2013, 03:55 PM

http://ace-filmeditors.org/tech-blog/tony-scott-12...

Editing is a subjective art. One person's brilliance is another's contrivance. There are many ways to the same end, but the end is telling a story. Telling it clearly, concisely, smartly. Tony Scott directed some of the most interestingly told stories I've seen. Top Gun was an action movie that never confused who was where...

#editing#film editor#tony scott
Hiatus

January 19, 2013, 07:41 PM

http://joyoffilmediting.com/index.php/archives/521...

n. hai'eitas (Greek) An unexpected gap. Encarta dictionary All good TV shows - well, those that come back for a second season or more – go on hiatus, having delivered the required number of episodes to the network. The time gives everyone a break from the 12+ hour days and 5-7 day weeks. I began [...]

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