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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

Wise words from Adam Epstein

August 31, 2013, 05:50 AM

http://ronsussmanedits.blogspot.ca/2013/08/wise-wo...

Recently came across a blog post by fellow editor Adam Epstein, who edits all the film bits for SNL. He very succinctly states whats its like to be an editor today:

Growing Your Post Business: An Interview with Zeb

August 29, 2013, 10:37 AM

http://www.screenlight.tv/blog/2013/08/28/growing-...

Running a growing production or post company is hard. As business starts to pick up, challenges like hiring the right people, deciding on the right pace of expansion, and keeping the pipeline full of the right jobs start to occupy more and more time. This week, I spoke with Zeb Chadfield about the approach he is taking to expanding The Finish Line, his London-based post production company that specializes in picture finishing, online editing and colour grading for broadcast television. What...

Meet the CEO: Michael Cioni

August 28, 2013, 07:03 PM

http://www.postperspective.com/2013/08/meet-ceo-mi...

Behind the Title…Michael Cioni is a CEO who likes to get out there and talk to clients and the industry. He loves that the job allows him a continuing education, and is a believer/user in Final Cut Pro X.NAME: Michael CioniCOMPANY: Light Iron (www.lightiron.com) with studios in LA and NYC (@light_iron) CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR COMPANY?Light Iron is a progressive post house specializing in media management from on-site dailies to digital intermediate to mastering and archiving. Our solu...

[Frame of Reference] with Editor Jack Newman

August 27, 2013, 08:09 PM

http://twainthestoryteller.wordpress.com/2013/08/2...

Jack Newman is from a small seaside town in South Devon. One of those towns with nothing to offer for teenagers. Fortunately I was given a camera to keep me busy. What kept me more busy though was the edit after each day of filming. I would see how I could make something nice to...

Is post an endangered species?

August 26, 2013, 12:56 PM

http://broadcastengineering.com/post-production/po...

To judge by a spate of conference presentations at IBC 2013, we might conclude that post production was alive and well, but a closer inspection, might reveal that post production as we know it may cease to exist. That does not mean that the functions will become extinct, but that some will increasingly be automated, while the ones that really add value and require the human touch will be incorporated into either the production or distribution chains...

Fernando Franco on his piece Les variations Diel

August 26, 2013, 04:34 AM

http://editorunderconstruction.blogspot.com/2013/0...

Experiment with space and time of the material of the film Jeanne Dielman, directed by Chantal Akerman. The piece created and was published in this blog, but its recognition in various festivals and persistence of it in my memory did you launch the following questions to Fernando.

TOH! Ranks the Best Films of Wong Kar-Wai, with an

August 25, 2013, 08:40 AM

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/toh...

With "The Grandmaster" hitting theaters, the TOH! team reviews and ranks the best of Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai, whose output is just ten features (along with many shorts) since 1988. But first, we have an introduction to Wong's oeuvre from Asia Film wonk David Chute

Making a Reel That Connects

August 22, 2013, 03:33 PM

http://www.screenlight.tv/blog/2013/08/22/making-a...

Colorist Juan Salvo's new reel really grabbed my attention. In fact, it's such a great marketing video that I thought I'd see if he would share his vision for the project and how he came up with such a novel approach.

Masterclass with Gaspar Noe - British

August 18, 2013, 08:45 AM

http://editorunderconstruction.blogspot.com/2013/0...

"If you do documentary you're just absorving a real world. In a way it's more risky [than fiction] because the only way you can come back and take possesion is in the editing room."MASTERCLASS: http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/90 Si haces documentales, estas absorbiendo el mundo real. En cierto modo es mas arriesgado [que la ficcion] porque la unica manera de tomar el control y volver atras es en la sala de montaje

Film editing tips – Round II

August 17, 2013, 09:37 AM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/film-...

In 2008 I wrote a post covering 12 Tips for Better Film Editing. I’ve been cutting a small indie feature over the past few weeks and it’s given me an opportunity to refocus on the art rather than the tools. Here are some additional tips that hopefully will make you a better editor.

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