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

Avoiding Cutting Boredom

May 12, 2010, 04:14 PM

http://postfifthpictures.com/2010/05/avoiding-cutt...

I will be the first to admit that I don’t always work on some exciting stuff. Every once in a while we’ve all had to fill in the cracks, pay the bills, call it what you want. I get pretty bored in the middle of these edits sometimes. I start to daydream of the last project I was on or surf the internet or twitter or end up watching all SNL Digital Shorts known to man to avoid cutting. When it comes down to it, they need to get done though.

Budgeting for Editing Means Understanding Process

May 10, 2010, 04:08 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2780

I expected this book to be just a bunch of budget forms with boring explanations. Was I off the mark! It’s a 465-page handbook that educates moviemakers on what happens in each stage of a project, explaining how to anticipate a film so that the process runs as smoothly as possible. Veteran producer...

Will Hand Cut Movies Be the Future?

May 7, 2010, 04:03 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2769

Many editors who cut on film and made the switch to video or straight to digital complained that they missed the feel of the film in their hands, insisting that this was a vital part of editing that was lost in the transition.

How We Learn and Why We Resist

May 6, 2010, 03:57 PM

http://normanhollyn.com/2010/05/04/how-we-learn-an...

When I first started teaching at USC’s film school some eight years ago a much much wiser person than me told me that there were several things I needed to know in order to teach well.

Paper Cut Musings

May 5, 2010, 03:55 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2762

I’ve always been amused by the double entendre of this phrase, appreciated only by those in our business. A paper cut is a linear ordering of topics, lines, shots, and sounds to include.

Cutting Room Eps. 030 - Julian Clarke Pt. 3

May 5, 2010, 12:54 PM

https://www.aotg.com/cutting-room-eps-030-julian-clarke-pt-3/

This week Gordon concludes his interview with Julian Clarke, editor of District 9. In this episode Julian talks about editing effects, working with Peter Jackson as a producer and much more.

Dede Allen Memorial Serivice

April 28, 2010, 07:07 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

There will be a memorial service for Dede Allen, A.C.E. Steven J. Ross Theatre Warner Bros. 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank, CA Sunday, May 16, at 3:00 p.m. "In the spirit of Dede, feel free to wear bright colors."

Truly One of My Heros

April 27, 2010, 07:04 PM

http://icutfilm.com/post/553517281/truly-one-of-my...

Truly one of my heroes. Dede was an amazing artist and storyteller.

Cutting Room Eps. 029 - Julian Clarke Pt. 1

April 27, 2010, 12:54 PM

https://www.aotg.com/cutting-room-eps-029-julian-clarke-pt-1/

This week Gordon interviews Julian Clarke, editor of District 9. In this episode Julian talks about editing effects, and cutting a documentary/fiction style.

Moving Up: Becoming An Editor

April 24, 2010, 06:59 PM

http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/Newsletter...

It used to be very simple. If you wanted to be an editor, you first apprenticed, then became an assistant. You observed everything your editor did, worked hard, learned the craft, and one day someone hired you to cut their film. Actually, it was never that simple, but there is no doubt that today’s progression from assistant to editor is much less clear. With the popularity of film schools, the decentralization of the entertainment business and the advent of digital technology that has...

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