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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

Animation's Lost Masterpiece

June 8, 2014, 01:47 PM

http://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/...

Here’s a story we all love. It’s the one where the hero works long hours at a tedious job to pay the bills, but every penny, every free minute, every lunch break and day off and late night, is spent dreaming and working and building a secret masterpiece. This is Henry Darger’s story, and Vivian Maier’s, and James Hampton’s.

Pixar Slump Is Real! Critics Say

June 8, 2014, 01:45 PM

http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/94610/20140608/p...

The Pixar slump is real? The phenomenal film company that became a model for both box-office and critical success is experiencing hard times. While their films are still making money, the alleged lack of original ideas seems disturbing for some.

Creativity Tips from Calvin and Hobbes Creator

May 28, 2014, 02:28 PM

http://99u.com/workbook/26223/creativity-tips-from...

The famously press-adverse creator of Calvin & Hobbes, Bill Watterson, has given a rare interview in the newly released documentary on famous comic strip artists, Stripped.

The art of guest voicing in The Simpsons

May 27, 2014, 04:35 AM

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons/30413/the...

Without including Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, there are easily somewhere in the region of 50 instantly recognisable characters who feature in The Simpsons. Over 25 years, the regular cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria have lent their dulcet tones to some of the most beloved characters in animation.

Pixar's Book Creativity Inc.

May 12, 2014, 02:33 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/business/media/p...

Every so often Hollywood embraces a book that it senses might provide the answer.

How the Father of Claymation Lost His Company

May 10, 2014, 02:39 PM

http://priceonomics.com/how-the-father-of-claymati...

His desk, now barren, had once displayed the emblems of a storied career: an Oscar, six prime-time Emmys, a slew of Clios and innumerable other honors. He had brought clay animation back to life. But his creations, once animated on silver screens, were now housed in cardboard boxes, frozen in various states of bewilderment.

DreamWorks Animation at 20

May 10, 2014, 02:31 PM

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-fi-ct-drea...

Still recovering from jet lag after a three-day trip to Australia, India and China, Jeffrey Katzenberg sat in a courtyard next to a duck pond at the Mediterranean-style campus dotted with oaks and olive trees.

The Pixar Theory

May 4, 2014, 05:39 AM

http://jonnegroni.com/2013/07/11/the-pixar-theory/

Several months ago, I watched a fun-filled video on Cracked.com that introduced the idea (at least to me) that all of the Pixar movies actually exist within the same universe. Since then, I’ve obsessed over this concept, working to complete what I call “The Pixar Theory,” a working narrative that ties all of the Pixar movies into one cohesive timeline with a main theme.

Man Behind Pixar Has an Animated Story to Tell

April 30, 2014, 03:34 PM

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/media/man-behin...

Millions of parents whose homes are filled with children singing tunes from the infectiously upbeat soundtrack to Frozen may not have heard of Ed Catmull.

Animating Archer

April 21, 2014, 03:43 PM

http://www.awn.com/animationworld/animating-archer

Adam Reed’s spy series Archer underwent a bit of a change this season, with the animated heroes forced by the FBI to jettison their spy business in exchange for lives of crime and cocaine-selling. And country western music production. As you can imagine, they’ve approached the crime business with the same bravado and dysfunction that they used to approach the spy business. Luckily, there’re still the same people keeping things running smoothly behind-the-scenes.

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