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

Becoming a Colorist

October 9, 2012, 08:19 AM

http://www.colorandfinish.com/video/50896236

I first learned about James Wicks while researching colorists for this documentary, "Color and Finish". I started reading and learning from his blog, and I decided to contact him.

DaVinci Resolve v9.1 Tips

October 8, 2012, 08:54 PM

http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/workflow-for-post-producti...

Tips for using DaVinci Resolve 9.1 Blackmagic Design have released another update for DaVinci Resolve which adds a few extra things like CinemaDNG highlight recovery. You can download DaVinci Resolve Lite v9.1 for free at www.blackmagicdesign.com. Patrick Inhofer...

Arielle Amsalem Discusses By the People

October 8, 2012, 02:46 PM

https://www.aotg.com/arielle-amsalem-discusses-by-the-people/

Editor Arielle Amsalem discusses the process of editing a documentary while the story is still unfolding, as seen in "By the People." For more information on Editfest NY please go to editfestny.com.

Art of the Title: Cape Fear (1991)

October 8, 2012, 07:46 AM

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/cape-fear/

Directed by Martin Scorsese in 1991, Cape Fear is a remake of J. Lee Thompson's '62 film adaptation of The Executioners, a novel by John D. Macdonald. Scorsese’s film replaces Robert Mitchum’s brand of vengeful sociopathy with that of Robert DeNiro in the magnetic role of Max Cady, an ex-con out for revenge against district attorney Sam Bowden (and his family, by proxy) for burying evidence in order to convict him of aggravated rape 14 years prior.

PERSONALIZING THE EDIT

October 5, 2012, 03:34 PM

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

"A Conversation with Academy Award-winning Editor Paul Hirsch, A.C.E." was how the Keynote Presentation of the Digital Video Expo 2012 was announced. What the Oscar-winning editor really delivered was a fascinating introductory master class in film editing for those who attended this first session of the Expo's Backstage LA Post-Production Conference on September 19, the first day of a three-day event mounted at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Heavy Editing on 'End of Watch'

October 5, 2012, 03:33 PM

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

Late September saw the release of the tight and gripping End of Watch from Open Road Films. Written and directed by David Ayer, who also wrote Training Day (2001), it follows the lives of two cops — played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pen-a — assigned to gang-ridden South Los Angeles. Much of the riveting attention the film draws from the audience can be attributed to the editing of Dody Dorn, A.C.E.

MPEG CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

October 5, 2012, 03:32 PM

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

The Society of Motion Picture Film Editors was formed with 571 men and women on May 20, 1937. Today, membership of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700 (MPEG), is over 7,300 and includes additional post-production professionals such as Film/Video Lab Technicians, Re-Recording Mixers, Maintenance Engineers and Story Analysts. To celebrate 75 years of rich history and vigorous representation of its members in post-production work, the Guild is hosting a retrospective affair...

Jeffrey Wolf Interview Part 2

October 4, 2012, 04:44 PM

https://www.aotg.com/jeffrey-wolf-interview-part-2-2/

Jeffrey will humbly state that it is the actors timing that inspire the cuts but there is more to his skilled cuts than comedic timing there is a sense of years of experience and wisdom that younger editors should take note of. In this episode Jeffrey and I discuss comedy timing and working with comedic actors.

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