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

The Big Short editor Hank Corwin and Crazy Montage

December 11, 2015, 05:53 PM

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/12/11/the...

The Big Short is “a stylistic Chex Mix of storytelling, satire, advocacy, and clip art,” Dana Stevens writes in her review of Adam McKay’s dark comedy about the events leading up to the 2008 housing crisis. Indeed, the film’s distinctive aesthetic includes tons of stock footage, unconventional cutting, and jarring imagery that all conspires to create an atmosphere of orchestrated chaos. To help create this rhythm, McKay turned to editor Hank Corwin, who has previously worked on The Tree ...

3D animation tech puts other peoples' words in cel

December 11, 2015, 05:53 PM

http://www.gizmag.com/videos-animation-still-image...

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) recently demonstrated how 3D video images of Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig and several other celebrities could be created by piecing together still images and sound bites retrieved from the internet. They also showed how their algorithms could animate those digital models, getting them to say things that were actually said by someone else.

Transcript: Digital Production Buzz – December 1

December 11, 2015, 01:30 PM

http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/2015/12/trans...

GUESTS Sue Lawson, Editor, Chicago Edit Maxim Jago, Director, MaximJago.com Max Votalato, Director/Producer/Editor/Researcher, Freeway City Films The post Transcript: Digital Production Buzz – December 10, 2015 appeared first on Digital Production BuZZ.

Holly Woodlawn GIF animation

December 11, 2015, 01:30 PM

http://angietaylor.co.uk/11516/

The post Holly Woodlawn GIF animation appeared first on Angie Taylor - Motion graphic design.

PEV01 – An Introduction to Performance Enhancing

December 11, 2015, 06:39 AM

http://www.creativeimpatience.com/pev01-introducti...

The term “Performance Enhancing Visual Effects” (PEVs) or “Performance Based Visual Effects” was coined by Alan E. Bell, the editor of (500) Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man”, and most recently The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and two parts of Mockingjay. It encompasses all manipulations of the source material aimed … see more →

'Sicario' Editor Joe Walker Outlines How He Cut th

December 11, 2015, 06:39 AM

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

"Joe is someone who can create tension out of immobility and silence — as I wanted to do in 'Sicario,' " says director Denis Villeneuve.

Maya LT 2016 Extension 2

December 11, 2015, 06:39 AM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/maya-lt-2016-extensio...

The Creative Market is a platform for ready-to-use design content from independent creators around the world. Maya LT users can now search, browse, and buy 3D content on the Creative Market directly from within Maya LT.

Houdini 15 Distributed Simulations

December 11, 2015, 06:39 AM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/houdini-15-distribute...

Houdini has supported distributed solvers since Houdini 10. This masterclass provides an overview of the current state of these solvers; including the new support for resizing smoke simulations and water tanks in Houdini 15. The first half demonstrates the setup of a variety of distributed effects using shelf tools and HQueue. The final bit dives into technicality and builds a new distributed setup via microsolvers and manually invokes the tracker.

Animator Simon Otto On His Creative Process

December 11, 2015, 06:38 AM

http://www.jamuura.com/blog/where-ideas-come-froms...

Lotte Reiniger's German film The Adevntures Of Prince Achmed made in 1917, is not only one of the earliest animation features to be made, but also one of the oldest animated works to have still survived. Over the years, animation films have come a long way and a remarkable transformation, thanks to several amazing animation features that were made by Walt Disney and other studios such as Warner Bros.

Time to Rethink Animated Films’ Place in Oscar V

December 11, 2015, 06:38 AM

http://variety.com/2015/film/columns/time-to-rethi...

Every year, Oscar pundits speculate whether animated films will be recognized beyond their own category.

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