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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

Crazy Rich Asians’ Editor tackled the Mahjong Sc

September 13, 2018, 05:39 AM

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2457460/how-crazy...

With a closer look at Crazy Rich Asians, there is quite the clever shift between the light and funny romantic comedy that draws us in and the dramatic second act we are dazzled with as the credits roll. It's quite the subversive take on an ensemble comedy that critics and audiences alike have been celebrating with box office highs we forgot a movie of this genre could achieve.

The Past, Present, and Future of Audio Codecs

September 12, 2018, 05:51 AM

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/past-present-futu...

In 2017 the patents for MP3, held by The Fraunhofer Institute, expired. As 2018 unfolds, more and more manufacturers are pulling support for the codec. The MP3 format is one of the most widely known audio codecs, and it was largely responsible for the explosion of the digital audio world.

‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Alienist’ Win VFX

September 10, 2018, 01:44 PM

https://www.awn.com/news/game-thrones-alienist-win...

LOS ANGELES -- The Television Academy presented the first of its two 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television on Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony, which kicked-off the 70th Emmys, awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in the categories of animation, scripted programming including comedy, drama and limited series.

How Pixar Brought Jack Jack's Powers to Life

September 7, 2018, 12:44 PM

https://jonnegroni.com/2018/09/07/pixar-jack-jacks...

This is a fascinating look at the incredible (forgive me) attention to detail these artists put into a special effect that many of us took for granted on first viewing. Even if you recently rewatched the first Incredibles, which came out 14 years ago, you probably didn’t notice that much of a difference between the effects and character models of 2004 to this new sequel, which evolves just about everything.

Designing the Desolate Audio for Video Games

September 7, 2018, 05:29 AM

https://www.asoundeffect.com/game-audio-minimal-re...

reated by 3rd Eye Studios, Downward Spiral: Horus Station lures players through a lost space vessel abandoned by its crew. The game features no dialogue or cinematics, the focus instead being placed heavily on environmental storytelling. Players have to piece together the plot through observation and interpretation as they navigate the derelict space station, accompanied by an atmospheric sound design and electronic ambient soundtrack (composed by platinum-selling HIM frontman Ville Valo). The g...

After Effects News 2018 September #1

September 6, 2018, 09:12 AM

https://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-ne...

Here’s another round of news on Adobe After Effects! Yes, you can create 3D text inside After Effects, expand animation principles, control timing with expressions (again), and track & rotoscope — but watch out for upcoming OS requirements, Disney, and assorted cheap tricks.

After Effects for Film Editors - Part 7

September 6, 2018, 08:32 AM

https://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video-editing/af...

In this continuing series I bring together the best resources for editors looking to learn how to use After Effects, including: - Simple tips and tricks - Advanced tutorials from Video CoPilot
 - Red Giant Trapcode official training 
- Extensive training on Expressions and Scripts

#after effects#trapcode#editors
The Best Instagram Accounts for Filmmakers (2018)

September 4, 2018, 09:40 PM

https://www.filmcrux.com/blog/instagram-filmmakers

While there are tons of amazing Instagram accounts filmmakers can take inspiration from, there aren't many out there specifically for filmmakers. We put together a bit of both to create what we think is the best list of Instagram accounts for filmmakers on the whole entire internet. Get your finger on that follow button.

#inspiration#filmmakers#instagram#articles#lists
The Meg VFX Breakdown

September 4, 2018, 09:34 AM

https://www.mpaa.org/2018/09/the-meg-vfx-breakdown...

The Meg was one of this summer’s more joyous films, giving us Jason Statham, a massive shark, and breakout star Kelly the dog (an actual dog). The movie was fun, silly, and again, had a 75-foot long prehistoric shark (the Megalodon, hence the film’s title) going tooth-to-toe with Statham’s deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor. Now, we’ve got a look at how effects shop Scanline VFX helped create some of The Meg‘s wildest visuals, including the titular beast itself. While there are a ton o...

Why Coco made you cry

September 4, 2018, 09:34 AM

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/20/art...

IT’S A GIVEN THAT PIXAR has cracked the code for calibrating the perfect feeling-all-the-feels moment: That instant where the narrative taps into its audience’s deepest emotions and reduces it to tears. It’s there in “Toy Story 3.” “Up,” of course. “Inside Out.”

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