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

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MPC Shuts Down Vancouver Facility

December 13, 2019, 02:14 PM

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December 13, 2019, 02:14 PM

https://www.techspot.com/news/83181-vfx-studio-red...

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https://www.artofvfx.com/terminator-dark-fate-eric...

Eric Barba began his visual effects career more than 27 years ago. After working for nearly 20 years at Digital Domain, he joined ILM in 2016. He took care of the effects of films such as ZODIAC, TRON: LEGACY, OBLIVION and ONLY THE BRAVE. He won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON.

How ‘Avengers: Engame’ VFX Supervisor Intervie

December 11, 2019, 01:41 PM

https://deadline.com/2019/12/avengers-endgame-vfx-...

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THE CURRENT WAR: Justin Ball - Overall VFX Supervi

December 10, 2019, 08:23 PM

https://www.artofvfx.com/the-current-war-justin-ba...

In 2011, Justin Ball explained the work of Brainstorm Digital on BOARDWALK EMPIRE. He then worked on projects such as THE ADJUSTMENT OFFICE, TRUE DETECTIVE, AMERICAN HORROR STORY and AMERICAN MADE.

Controlling Your VFX Brand

December 10, 2019, 01:43 PM

https://www.allanmckay.com/224/

Welcome to Episode 226! I want to talk about the topic of controlling your brand. I want to talk about my story, my background career and how I built my brand and which information I put out (and which I didn’t). I want to get more vulnerable with these stories.

That time a CG elephant crushed a car

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https://beforesandafters.com/2019/12/10/that-time-...

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How Animal Logic automates character FX

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https://beforesandafters.com/2019/12/09/how-animal...

This deep dive into Animal Logic’s character FX pipeline and the use of Houdini was presented by lead character FX artist Adam Katz at SideFX’s Houdini HIVE at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019.

De-Aging De Niro: VFX Supe Pablo Helman on The Iri

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https://www.studiodaily.com/2019/12/irishman-de-ag...

Some of the pre-release buzz around The Irishman was … skeptical. Yes, director Martin Scorsese remains one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world, but wasn’t he repeating himself by making another mob movie starring Robert De Niro? How could he justify a three-and-a-half-hour running time? And what about reports that the film was using de-aging techniques to allow De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino to play younger versions of their characters in the film? Was Scorsese’s character-an...

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