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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

Oscar VFX Nominees: Adding That Touch of Grit

February 3, 2015, 01:38 PM

http://variety.com/2015/artisans/awards/oscar-visu...

Visual effects aren’t always the realm of the bright and the shiny.

Last Lift Shot VFX Breakdown

January 31, 2015, 01:24 PM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/last-lift-shot-vfx-br...

Here’s a look at some of the stages the shot went through. We used a real mix of simulated smoke and real filmed elements (used as 2D cards) for all the dust.

I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen for Green Scre

January 29, 2015, 05:38 PM

http://www.handheldhollywood.com/latest-news/i-scr...

What did you do last week? I mercilessly tore my living room apart and temporarily transformed it into a green screen (a.k.a. “chroma key”) studio in which I directed a short comedy called 2084. For as long as I can remember, my friends and I have joked about shooting 2084 on a massive soundstage with high-end gear and a huge crew — total overkill for this very silly, 3-minute short. Well, after ten years of that not happening, we finally decided to shoot 2084 with a tiny crew (four of us)...

IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THE AUDIENCE COME?

January 27, 2015, 08:44 PM

http://videoandfilmmaker.com/wp/index.php/features...

The use of practical effects is a somewhat lost art in traditional filmmaking these days. Computer rendered effects are often far cheaper to source and don’t require set or crew time. But does the technological advancement in visual effects and its prolific use in cinema, come with a cost to the magic of movies?

UNBROKEN: Bill George – VFX Supervisor – ILM

January 27, 2015, 10:48 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10714

In 2013, Bill George had explained to us the work of ILM on G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. He talks to us today about its collaboration with Angelina Jolie for UNBROKEN.

Jessica Norman – VFX Supervisor – MPC

January 14, 2015, 10:46 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10643

In 2013, Jessica Norman had explained in details the work of MPC on WORLD WAR Z, she is now back to talks about her work on the new film by Ridley Scott, EXODUS – GODS AND KINGS.

Boba Fett Concept Art by Joe Johnston

January 11, 2015, 09:41 AM

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/gallery/boba-fett-c...

Joe Johnston is considered to be the "father" of Boba Fett. Working along side Ralph McQuarrie, Johnston designed dozens of variations of the Boba Fett costume, slowly refining the character from a look similar to the stormtroopers seen in Star Wars to its own unique character.

Matte Painting from Indiana Jones

January 9, 2015, 12:29 PM

http://imgur.com/a/X9v4j

Matte Painting from Indiana Jones

Practical Effects Used for 'Interstellar'

January 1, 2015, 07:57 AM

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/12/christopher-nolan-...

Many of Christopher Nolan's films deal with fantastical elements, but he likes to ground things in reality as much as possible, both on-screen and on-set. In the video below, he talks about how he keeps things as real as possible for the actors and the audience:

Happy Holidays from Art of VFX and the VFX studios

December 19, 2014, 02:58 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10360

As last year, here is a nice compilation of holiday cards from the VFX studios !

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