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

Putting Images Together

January 27, 2010, 08:18 AM

http://blogs.nppa.org/editfoundry/2010/01/26/putti...

The first reason for editing was longer films. The next idea was lets put these images together and tell a story. You’re a storyteller. It doesn’t matter if you are editing a news package, a documentary, a film or an online feature using stills, It’s all storytelling. Putting the images together to try and tell a story is editing. It’s the beginning of editing, it’s also the middle and the end of editing. Every edit should be made for the story.

Cutting Room Eps. 024 - Steven Rosenblum Pt. 2

January 26, 2010, 12:48 PM

https://www.aotg.com/cutting-room-eps-024-steven-rosenblum-pt-2/

Here's part two of my interview with Steven Rosenblum. In this part we focus on 3D editing. The video we mention is the youtube link below look to the 7:35 mark for the yoyo part.

Managing Stock Footage on a Doc

January 23, 2010, 08:14 AM

http://lfhd.net/2010/01/22/managing-stock-footage/

When editing a documentary you very often find yourself using stock footage or photos. And in case you didn’t know it, stock footage and photos cost money to license for use in your projects. Sometimes they are inexpensive(say $5/second) and sometimes they are exorbitant ($60/sec with a 10 second minimum). Because you have a limited budget on your documentaries, it is up to the editor to keep track of how much stock footage they are using, and to use it responsibly...

Littleton Rekindles 'Body Heat'

January 20, 2010, 08:08 AM

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

On January 10, one day after receiving the Editors Guild’s Fellowship and Service Award from director Lawrence Kasdan, editor Carol Littleton, A.C.E. treated her fans to a screening of Kasdan’s debut film, Body Heat, the first of her eight collaborations with the director. The talk and screening, held at the Billy Wilder Theatre at the Armand Hammer Center in Westwood, was presented by moderator and author Bobbie O’Steen and organized by American Cinema Editors president Randy Roberts, A.C...

Cutting Room Eps. 023 - Steven Rosenblum Pt. 1

January 19, 2010, 12:47 PM

https://www.aotg.com/cutting-room-eps-023-steven-rosenblum-pt-1/

Here's part one of my interview with Steven Rosenblum editor of Braveheart, Defiance and Blood Diamond. In this part we discuss working with directors and working on rhythms.

O'Steen Follow Up Interview

January 15, 2010, 07:58 AM

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/moviegeeksunited/2010...

Bobbie O'steen Does a follow up interview with Blogtalkradio.com and discusses her book The Invisible Cut.

Edit Bay Episode 20 - Freelance

January 14, 2010, 07:53 AM

http://lfhd.net/2010/01/13/the-edit-bay-episode-20...

The twentieth episode of THE EDIT BAY is now available for download. This one is about being a freelance editor.

Peach Pit Interview with Murch

January 13, 2010, 07:52 AM

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=23...

Walter Murch is one of the most admired and respected editors of our time. His inspiring book, In the Blink of an Eye, is a definitive theoretical text on editing. More than just a great film editor, he is also one of the most renowned sound mixers in the history of cinema.

MPEG Honours Carol Littleton

January 12, 2010, 07:50 AM

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

Carol Littleton, A.C.E., was presented the Motion Picture Editors Guild's Fellowship and Service Award by director and her longtime collaborator, Lawrence Kasdan, at the Editors Guild's annual Board of Directors Installation Dinner Saturday, January 9, at Loews Santa Monica.

Pulling Back the Curtain

January 12, 2010, 07:50 AM

http://editmentor.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/pulling...

The first time I saw The Wizard of Oz, I was struck by the scene where The Great Oz directs Dorothy to "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." As in, "Never mind what’s actually happening, just pay attention to the way things seem... we have an image to protect here." File that under the same category as...

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