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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

Hitchcock's MacGuffin Explained

September 22, 2016, 07:19 PM

http://nofilmschool.com/2016/09/hitchcocks-macguff...

Originally coined by Alfred Hitchcock, the MacGuffin is one of those things that are easy to spot but difficult to explain—like, say, the Nickelback fandom. Most understand MacGuffins as an important prop that serves the story in some capacity, but apart from that, their definition gets a little hazy, but this video essay by ScreenPrism demystifies the Hitchcockian concept once and for all, and even offers George Lucas' alternative meaning for the term for comparison.

More Famous Paintings That Inspired Great Filmmake

September 22, 2016, 05:40 AM

http://nofilmschool.com/2016/09/watch-here-are-mor...

Whether viewed at the Louvre or on the first page of a Google search, history's most beautiful paintings and sculptures have continued to be a source of inspiration for the work of our greatest filmmakers, from Christopher Nolan's fascination with Francis Bacon (which inspired The Joker's makeup in The Dark Knight) to Sofia Coppola's homage to Jacques-Louis David's "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" in Marie Antoinette.

IBC 2016: Adobe's Bill Roberts

September 21, 2016, 04:37 PM

https://www.aotg.com/ibc-2016-adobes-bill-roberts/

Bill Roberts from Adobe fills us in on new updates from company, including Premiere, which is now updated for VR workflows. There is also HDR 10 support within the NLE.

How Orphan Black Creates Convincing Clones

September 21, 2016, 02:18 PM

https://www.aotg.com/how-orphan-black-creates-convincing-clones/

Design FX dives into the incredible special effects of BBC America's Orphan Black. Mike Seymour breaks down how the team at Intelligent Creatures and Emmy Award nominated actress Tatiana Maslany work together to create convincing clones; with a combination of visual effects, rotoscoping, and incredible acting ability.

Review Audient iD4 USB Interface

September 21, 2016, 04:57 AM

https://www.aotg.com/review-audient-id4-usb-interface/

In this video for Pro Tools Expert, James Ivey takes a look at the new USB audio interface from British manufacturer, Audient. The iD4 is a small yet mighty audio interface housing one of Audient's stunning ASP mic pres and an amazing sounding JFET instrument DI.

Hybride: 25 years of VFX

September 20, 2016, 05:56 AM

https://www.aotg.com/hybride-25-years-of-vfx/

A big congratulations to Hybride that celebrates its 25th anniversary! Check out their great reel...

360-Degree Video Post Workflow: From Import To Pub

September 19, 2016, 04:26 PM

https://www.aotg.com/360-degree-video-post-workflow-from-import-to-pub-2/

In this tutorial, Marcelo Lewin is going to show you how to import your footage, how to stitch it together, how to edit it and publish it so that you get a complete understanding of the 360-degree post-production workflow.

Better Stabilizer for Final Cut Pro X and Premiere

September 19, 2016, 09:31 AM

https://fxfactory.com/blog/effects-2/better-stabil...

If you have shaky video footage from a drone, handheld camera, or GoPro® you can use BetterStabilizer to stabilize your footage.

CAPTAIN AMERICA - CIVIL WAR: VFX Breakdown

September 19, 2016, 09:30 AM

https://www.aotg.com/captain-america-civil-war-vfx-breakdown-2/

Image Engine presents their VFX work on the post-credit sequence for CAPTAIN AMERICA – CIVIL WAR...

Keying & Compositing with BCC 10 + Vegas Pro 14

September 19, 2016, 09:29 AM

https://www.aotg.com/keying-compositing-with-bcc-10-vegas-pro-14/

In this short tutorial, freelance editor Nathan Ryan shows Vegas Pro 14 users how to use BCC Chroma Key Studio to quickly key and composite green screen footage with uneven lighting.

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