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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

VFX Soldier Interviews and Mentions

February 28, 2014, 05:32 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/vfx-sol...

Our effort has generated a lot of media interest and I’ve been invited to interviews and there have been some big mentions.

MPAA response to Pando investigation confirms stre

February 28, 2014, 05:31 AM

http://pando.com/2014/02/27/mpaa-response-to-pando...

 Last night, the Hollywood Reporter published a rewrite of Pando’s recent scoop about the Motion Picture Association of America. The piece reviews what we originally reported: namely, new MPAA legal filings may have inadvertently helped U.S. visual effects workers in their efforts to shut down foreign government subsidies to MPAA studios. Those filings do this by arguing digital goods should be treated as regular imports under trade law. That would get the studios the copyright protections th...

HPA Tech Retreat 2014 – Day 4

February 28, 2014, 05:29 AM

http://www.dvinfo.net/article/misc/science_n_techn...

The HPA Tech Retreat is an annual gathering where film and TV industry folks discuss all manner of technical and business issues. I’m taking notes during the sessions and posting them; it’s a very limited transcription of what’s going on, but it should at least give you the flavor of the discussions. This fourth day Read More

BC Subsidies Exploited To Send Work To China

February 27, 2014, 05:58 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/bc-vfx-...

I came across a CBC article that was dated last year titled B.C. visual effects artists say work being sent overseas: Movie visual effects (VFX) artists working in B.C. say post-production companies are taking advantage of the province's tax credits, then subcontracting out work to China and India. The page on my viewing had 0 shares…

MPAA’s latest anti-piracy move screws Hollywood

February 26, 2014, 01:53 PM

http://pando.com/2014/02/25/revenge-of-the-nerds-h...

From Marlon Brando’s civil rights statement in absentia to Michael Moore’s anti-war speech, the Academy Awards ceremony played host to its share of high-profile protests. This year, though, the biggest protest will likely happen outside the Dolby Theater.

Beer-Soaked Knight In Shining Armor Rides

February 26, 2014, 01:52 PM

http://news.creativecow.net/story/874617

(Burbank, California--February 26, 2014) Burbank-based AlphaDogs announced they have completed post services for the new romantic comedy "Pacoima Can Wait." The story follows the adventures of self-destructive Nigel Waferhouse who through his humiliating calamities discovers he can still be a knight, even if it’s in beer-soaked shining armor. The film will screen later this year at film festivals across the country.

Sign Language

February 26, 2014, 05:50 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/sign-la...

On Sunday we had a well-attended pre-rally BBQ to help prepare for the March in March. Some wanted to help make signs and by the end of the day they created works of art.   Artwork by Jesse Toves So given that a reader suggested I put up a post for people to discuss good…

Where’s VFX Soldier?

February 21, 2014, 05:50 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/wheres-...

These few weeks coming up are going to be quite busy for me. Here is a consolidated look of where I'll be. Please join me if you can. To help spread the word, I put together a little one sheet that you can print copies and distribute...

Hollywood Tricks Conservatives Into Supporting Soc

February 20, 2014, 05:45 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/how-hol...

Want to play a fun trick on a conservative friend? Do what Hollywood is doing.Recent efforts by California politicians and the US studios to pass new larger subsidies have not only irked irked me, but a bunch of low tax loving conservatives.

MPC and ILM detail Lone Ranger's VFX

February 18, 2014, 05:39 AM

http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/motion-gra...

Despite the film being a flop, the visual effects have found acclaim. See how they were created.

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