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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

R.I.P. Oscar-Winning VFX Artist Joe Viskocil

August 12, 2014, 09:18 AM

http://deadline.com/2014/08/joe-viskocil-death-sta...

Oscar-winning special effects artist Joe Viskocil, who blew up the Death Star at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, died Monday from complications of liver and kidney failure. He was 61. Viskocil began working for George Lucas in 1975 and a year later produced the memorable blast that enabled Luke Skywalker to destroy the Death Star.

Weta Delivers VFX for Dawn of the Planet of Apes

August 8, 2014, 10:26 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/weta-deliv...

It’s been quite the summer for bar-raising in the visual effects arena. Guardians of the Galaxy makes a racoon and a tree convincingly human characters – in space – while the unsung Snowpiercer shows an effectively rendered apocalypse-in-motion on a non-studio budget. Among the seasonal entrants boasting convincing otherworldly visuals, is the latest installment in Fox’s rebooted Planet of the Apes series, Dawn of the Planet of Apes.

VFX Artists Want Tariffs To Stop Runaway Productio

August 7, 2014, 03:37 PM

http://news.doddleme.com/blogs/post-production/vis...

When it comes to the visual effects crisis hitting Hollywood, there have been several common sense solutions which some believe can off-set the loss of VFX jobs overseas. But some are of the opinion that altering business practices, merging, and lobbying states for comparable tax credits and subsidies don’t go far enough. And they’re advocating a good ol’ fashioned trade war in order to make it harder for overseas competition.

Japan’s Studio Ghibli Envisages Short Break, not

August 4, 2014, 09:50 AM

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/japans-studio-gh...

TOKYO — Veteran Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki discussed the famed animation house’s future in a documentary broadcast by the TBS network on its “Jonetsu Tairiku” program on Sunday evening.

News: Brickyard VFX Helps Anthony Davis

July 24, 2014, 04:27 PM

http://news.creativecow.net/story/876473

(Santa Monica, California--July 24, 2014) Boutique visual effects, animation and digital production studio Brickyard VFX was recently tapped by 180LA for a new two-spot campaign featuring NBA star Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans for Boost Mobile, a leading no-contract cellphone service provider.

Colorist Randy Starnes Joins ArsenalFX

July 15, 2014, 04:38 AM

http://www.awn.com/news/colorist-randy-starnes-joi...

Santa Monica, CA -- ArsenalFX Color, a leading TV post house and a sister company to ArsenalFX, has hired colorist Randy Starnes.

VFX Vet Marc Weigert Joins Method Studios As Presi

July 7, 2014, 01:16 PM

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

Marking another change in the visual effects business, vet Marc Weigert has been named president of Deluxe’s VFX business Method Studios, which is currently working on a slate of projects including Guardians of the Galaxy and The Maze Runner.

VES Releases First-of-its-Kind VFX Reference Platf

July 2, 2014, 05:48 PM

http://news.creativecow.net/story/876253

(Los Angeles, California--July 2, 2014) The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional honorary society, has announced the release of the industry standard VFX Reference Platform.

Technicolor to buy Mr. X

June 10, 2014, 03:48 AM

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/coto...

Technicolor, the French post-production and media company, said it is acquiring Mr. X, a Canadian visual effects business known for its work on such TV shows as History’s “Vikings” and Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful.”

Is Ontario Next To Fall Over Film Subsidy Cliff?

June 10, 2014, 03:48 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/is-onta...

Last week I posted about Quebec winding down it’s film and games subsidy program by instantly cutting it by 20%. This week report Will Campbell uncovers an internal Ontario document that seriously questioned the sustainability of offering film subsidies and it seems to repeat what this blog has said for a long time...

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