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

Killer Joe Editor Is Influenced by Precedents

July 24, 2012, 12:28 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

Darrin Navarro came to editing via a familiar path: An interest in movies led him to film classes at Los Angeles City College. Within a week or two of seeing what could be done by manipulating the choice of moving images, he knew this was the job for him. A professor got him an internship filing trims with Roger Corman’s New Horizon company, which led Navarro to kick around the low-budget exploitation world for a while, picking up gigs as he could.

Longtime Assistants

July 24, 2012, 12:27 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

Let's hear it for the longtime assistant for enabling the editor to keep story as the primary focus. Assistant editors are the foundation of the editing room — organizing, interfacing and problem-solving. They have witnessed enormous changes in the industry, from the early days of the filmmaking medium in the studio system to an increasingly tapeless environment. The tools may have changed, but the overall shape of their job remains the same: To be there for the editor so the editor can...

Editing of Star Wars - Analysing the craft

July 24, 2012, 10:02 AM

http://fcp.co/component/content/article/149-uncate...

Just in time for holiday reading, a new book looks at the editing craft behind the seminal 1977 sci-fi film. Did you know there are 2177 cuts in the film? No? Let's take a closer look. Linton Davies, the author of 'The Editing of Star Wars' very kindly emailed us here at FCP.co with the manuscript for the book...

Art of the Title - Soylent Green

July 24, 2012, 10:00 AM

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/soylent-green/

Sequence editor Chuck Braverman, known for his flash-frame kinestasis montages/films, opens director Richard Fleischer’s film adaptation of Soylent Green with images of the blossoming bourgeoisie. The pressures and plague of population are then conveyed with such sure-handed conviction that you perceive – we all perceive – just how easily the cookie crumbles.

jumP-Edited Art of Shaving Takes Prizes at Cannes

July 23, 2012, 08:04 PM

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/the_wire/2012...

The retro-elegant Reformed Troglodyte short film, cut by jumP’s Michael Saia, emerged from the award season with a Bronze CLIO and a Titanium and Integrated prize in Cannes. A reflective 4:00 piece that follows a former playboy discarding the mementoes of his hard-partying life as he prepares to propose to a woman, the film is one of three in the Art of Shaving campaign directed by The Institute’s Ben Briand to celebrate the upscale shaving brand's 15th anniversary.

Hollywood CA - Local Shorts Program

July 22, 2012, 08:28 AM

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/industryhappenings/...

This event is free for all current American Cinematheque Members who bring their Membership card to the Box Office (two ticket maximum). Regular pricing applies for non-Members. A wide variety of comedy, drama, animation and documentary shorts from Los Angeles-based directors includes: "Method" (2011, 9 min.), Rider and Shiloh Strong's comedy about a struggling actress [...]

NewBlue Titler Pro w/Avid Media Composer: Introduc

July 21, 2012, 02:06 PM

http://www.videoguys.com/Blog/E/NewBlue+Titler+Pro...

Steve Holyhead demonstrates the power of Titler Pro inside Avid Media Composer in this tutorial covering Titler Pro basics and templates. NewBlue Titler Pro is designed to improve and simplify your workflow; it's the titling solution designed with the professional editor in mind. No need to outsource your title graphics - Titler Pro gives you quick-access, sophisticated animations with professional styles, effects and transitions.

Video Editors: Give Your Footage A Vintage Look wi

July 21, 2012, 06:19 AM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/carousel-vintage-v...

Red Giant Software and Crumplepop release Carousel, vintage film effects for Final Cut Pro X. Give your video projects a unique retro style!

reducing flicker for stop-motion animation and tim

July 21, 2012, 06:04 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2012/07/reducin...

[Today's post is by Benjamin Markus, who is working with us as an intern this summer.] If you've ever tried your hand at stop-motion animation or time-lapse photography, chances are you've run into the common problem of inconsistent lighting or luminance variation between consecutive pictures taken on the same camera, with the same lens and settings. This issue is usually referred to as flicker.

Creating Motion Graphics Hidden Gems: Chapter 33 -

July 20, 2012, 02:14 PM

http://masteringfilm.com/creating-motion-graphics-...

Another selection of "hidden gems" (and essential advice), this time from Chapter 33 of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. We're going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few "hidden gems" from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips...

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