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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

Blackmagic’s Fusion 7

February 6, 2015, 04:44 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/bhallett/story/blackm...

Blackmagic set to revolutionize the visual effect industry as they offer Fusion 7 at no cost. One of the industry's stronger visual effects and motion graphics software is available completely free of charge. Sound familiar?

Why This Year's VFX Winner Could Be Exported

February 5, 2015, 03:37 PM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/osc...

So long, L.A.! Foreign-based visual effects houses are responsible for four of the five nominees, from 'Guardians of the Galaxy' to 'Interstellar,' as much of the business has fled the city...

Visual Effects Society Announces Winners of the 13

February 5, 2015, 03:37 PM

http://www.btlnews.com/awards/visual-effects-socie...

You probably already know that Big Hero 6 and the latest Planet of Apes did surprisingly well. Does this indicate an upset in the best animated film and best visual effects categories on Oscar night? Will the latest How to Train Your Dragon, or Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar be left behind if VES serves as an augury in how Tinsel Town is assessing the worthiness VFX?

Awards 2015: VFX Supervisor Paul Franklin

February 4, 2015, 09:12 PM

http://www.ssninsider.com/awards-2015-vfx-supervis...

Awards 2015: VFX Supervisor Paul Franklin, Rep Moves For 2/4/15, FCC Chair Proposes Net Neutrality Plan, Universal Sets Jobs Film Release Date, 'John Wick' Sequel In Development

Super Bowl: Bodega, Rodeo FX create Carrie Underwo

February 4, 2015, 12:42 PM

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

NEW YORK — Creative director Haley Geffen of content creation/production company Bodega (http://bodegastudios.com) teamed up with NBC Sports Group and NBC Sports VP creative director/director Tripp Dixon, and visual effects studio Rodeo FX to create the high-energy open for Super Bowl XLIX. The open features singer Carrie Underwood in a virtual stadium, setting the stage for the matchup between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

The Cinefex Awards 2014

February 3, 2015, 10:35 AM

http://cinefex.com/blog/cinefex-awards-2014/

Never mind the Oscars. In the world of visual effects, there’s only one awards ceremony that counts: the Cinefex Awards.

VES Awards predictions

February 3, 2015, 10:35 AM

http://www.goldderby.com/news/8393/visual-effects-...

This year's clear frontrunner for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars -- "Interstellar" -- is is also way ahead in our predictions for the winners of the Visual Effects Society Awards. It is all but certain to win the VES equivalent of the Best Picture race -- visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature motion picture.

The Art of VFX year 5

February 3, 2015, 10:34 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10896

Happy to announce the 5th year of The Art of VFX.

Motion Graphics for Business - Part 2: Beyond Holl

February 3, 2015, 06:26 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/czwar/story/motion-gr...

As the interest in motion graphics rapidly expanded following the release of Seven, Hollywood embraced innovative title design, and many Hollywood title sequences helped define the look of motion graphics for years to come.  As I noted in Part 1, the early books on motion graphics design...

The Use of VFX to Stitch Birdman Together

February 2, 2015, 05:27 PM

http://www.btlnews.com/awards/the-use-of-vfx-to-st...

In 1941, cinematographer Gregg Toland approached Orson Welles, asking the director to let him shoot Citizen Kane. Toland wanted to experiment with some techniques he knew the studios would not allow him to use on any other film and guessed, rightly, that first-time director Welles would be open to letting him try. The most important of these innovative techniques was deep focus cinematography, made possible by developments in lens technology and high speed film that allowed an entire set to ...

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