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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

CCW 2014: Sound Devices

November 18, 2014, 03:28 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Video-Center/Gallery/C...

Sound Devices' Paul Isaacs details some of the products the company has on display at the 2014 CCW show in NYC, including brand new video solutions.

Notes on syncing and slating from an editor

November 18, 2014, 08:12 AM

http://www.jaa-editing.com/blog/notes-on-syncing-a...

The film slate. It's one of the big symbols of film-making. But... there's a point to it. And that point is understood to a greater or lesser degree throughout the industry.But for an editor, it can be essential communication. We're usually not on set (we're editing the previous day's shots), and the less time we need to spend figuring information out, the more time we can spend being creative.  Here are some notes based on some past difficulties I've encountered when syncing video a...

Saint Joan (1957)

November 18, 2014, 08:12 AM

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/artofthetitle_rss/~...

“O God who made this beautiful earth, when will it be ready to receive your saints? How long, o Lord? How long?” — St. Joan of Arc Author Pat Kirkham discusses the opening titles for Saint Joan, from her authoritative book Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design.The symbol for this film is the broken body of a woman who in life battled conventional ideas of femininity (wearing armor and...

Concurso de Cortos “La Mujer y el Cine” 2015

November 18, 2014, 08:11 AM

http://www.edaeditores.org/concurso-de-cortos-la-m...

La Mujer y el Cine es una Asociación Cultural, fundada en 1988 por Maria Luisa Bemberg, Lita Stantic, Sara Facio, Beatriz Villalba Welsh, Susana Lopez Merino, Gabriela Massuh y Marta Bianchi. Se propuso, desde sus inicios, estimular a las mujeres a ejercer roles de liderazgo en el cine, y difundir una producción creativa que no […]

Six Simple Tips for Creating Great Video Sound Eff

November 18, 2014, 08:05 AM

http://blog.dolby.com/2014/11/six-simple-tips-crea...

If you’ve ever tried to pull together a compelling video, this scenario may seem familiar: you’ve captured lots of great footage and you can hear the people you’ve filmed just fine. But when you listen to the video, something just doesn’t feel right…

The Animated Movie Sadness Index

November 17, 2014, 06:47 PM

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-anim...

This contains a mild spoiler for Big Hero 6, an animated movie that was released wide this past Friday. Sorry about that. Also, there are some mild spoilers for The Lion King, The Iron Giant, Finding Nemo, Up, and a handful of other similar movies. I’m less sorry about those. They came out years and years ago. You should’ve seen them by now. Don’t be a dolt. Don’t be the person at the party who’s like, “Hi. Um, excuse me, everyone. Can you all please stop talking about The Usual Susp...

Nolan doesn’t think those Interstellar sound iss

November 17, 2014, 06:44 PM

http://thedissolve.com/news/4002-christopher-nolan...

If you’re one of a growing number of moviegoers who have encountered issues hearing various bits of dialogue during Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, you’re not alone—but that doesn’t mean you’re right.

Ten Ways to Use Color to Capture Attention (Part 1

November 17, 2014, 04:00 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/ten-ways-to-u...

The first of a two-part series outlining the ways to use color in design to capture attention. In the end, if you can combine some of these ideas with your own design prowess, your work will attract eyeballs like geeks to a comic con. Check them out and let me know what you think by posting a comment. 1. Rely on Red For designers looking for an excitement-generating hue, the go-to color is red. Common sense, you say? Maybe. But researchers have proven that people exposed to ads with red i...

No VFX Used to Finish Hoffman's Mockingjay Role

November 17, 2014, 12:48 PM

http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/no-vfx-used-to-fi...

Following the tragic death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, we learned that the actor would not be recast in the two-part finale The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, and

Nolan Responds to Interstellar Sound Complaints

November 17, 2014, 12:48 PM

http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/nolan-responds-to-i...

Lost in the complaints about the science, plot holes, and characters in Interstellar were the complaints about sound. Patrons and professionals alike found that in many places, the score and sound effects left the dialogue unintelligible. Director Christopher Nolan decided to respond in a very Christopher Nolan way, by essentially saying, Exactly! He told The Hollywood Reporter, “Many of the filmmakers I’ve admired over the years have used sound in bold and adventurous ways. I don’t agree ...

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