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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

Vancouver Stories

August 15, 2014, 12:12 PM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/vancouv...

I flew to Siggraph in Vancouver to attend an ADAPT Q&A with Scott Ross. While I didn’t count the exact number of people there about half of the 100-seat room was filled. I gave an overview of the anti-subsidy duty legal effort we were pursuing and then we answered everyone’s questions.

Former LookFX Employees Tell Their Side

August 15, 2014, 04:42 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/former-...

One of the big pieces of news that came out of Siggraph was David Cohen’s piece in Variety that LookFX was folding:

LookFX folds; staff and projects move to Mass Mark

August 13, 2014, 04:21 PM

http://variety.com/2014/artisans/news/lookfx-folds...

Vancouver, Canada — LookFX, a highly regarded small vfx studio with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver, has closed its doors — but its staff is not disbanding.

Coming to Behind VFX in August

August 12, 2014, 12:18 PM

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Hollywood finishes off its summer with gusto — in the form of sci-fi action (Guardians of the Galaxy), lots and lots of explosions (The Expendables 3) and bullets on the noir-esque mean streets (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) with August's slate. Here's our pick of the visual effects films come to theaters in August.

Q&A: SIGGRAPH 2014 conference chair Dave Shreiner

August 11, 2014, 01:59 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

VANCOUVER — SIGGRAPH 2014 is finally here. Exhibitors and attendees are making their way to Vancouver, British Columbia, to begin a new chapter celebrating the advancements in computer graphics technologies. Before the hustle and bustle begins, Karen Moltenbrey, chief editor of Computer Graphics World, talked with Dave Shreiner from ARM, this year’s conference chair.

Apes Movie Proves visual effects have reached a pi

August 8, 2014, 05:38 AM

http://www.hypable.com/2014/07/13/dawn-of-the-plan...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has wowed moviegoers this weekend with its impeccable visual effects and we think it finally proves that CGI has reached its highest point.

Saluting Game Of Thrones’ visual effects

August 8, 2014, 05:37 AM

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/game-of-thrones/31311/...

When they’re good at their job, actors and directors are given all kinds of rewards: fame, fancy trailers, sizeable pay cheques, folding chairs with their names on and all the kale and coconut water smoothies they can drink…, but outside the VFX industry, what appreciation goes to the artists who turn said actors into evolved chimpanzees and razor-cheekboned evil fairies? Who salutes the banks of creative talent translating directors’ and writers’ visions into the battles and landscapes ...

Q&A: Critical Mass Studios CEO David Straus

August 7, 2014, 03:39 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/08/qa-critical-mas...

Withoutabox co-founders David Straus, Joe Neulight and Fred Kramer have resurfaced with the launch earlier this year of Critical Mass Studios (CMS), a global rights-tracking specialist for entertainment companies. In June, CMS acquired RightsLine, a real-time rights-management platform whose clients … more »

Siggraph 2014 is here!

August 7, 2014, 03:37 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2014/08/siggra...

When it comes to computer graphics, there really isn’t a better tradeshow to know what’s hot and coming in the world of graphics technology. The name itself implies innovation (Special Interest Group on GRAPHics) and is the perfect ‘geek-out’ week: August 12-14. 2014.

A Common Thread’s Clay Staub Directs Launch Camp

August 6, 2014, 01:24 PM

http://www.broadcastbeat.com/common-threads-clay-s...

Director applies his visual effects acumen to David & Goliath’s appealing spot blending live action and CG Minions. LOS ANGELES—A Common Thread’s Clay Staub has directed a new campaign for Universal Studios and Los Angeles agency David & Goliath that encourages park patrons to “find your inner Minion.” A bright and bubbly blend of live […]

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