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
January 15, 2011, 11:13 AM
http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...
LONDON — What if Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald, each armed with directing Oscars, entrusted shooting their new film to literally thousands of unknowns? And what if they also distributed hundreds of cameras to people around the world who lacked computers and Internet access? The result could be, no, should be total chaos.
January 14, 2011, 10:08 AM
http://www.indiewire.com/article/ace_eddies_nomina...
The American Cinema Editors have nominated the five films that have become the clear frontrunners in this year’s awards race for their annual ACE Eddie Awards. In the awards’ Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) category, which often lines up perfectly with Oscar’s choices, "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The King’s Speech" and "The Social Network" were the nominees, which are the same five nominees that the DGA honored last week.
January 13, 2011, 10:41 AM
http://splicenow.com/2011/01/12/syncing-dailies/
In 2011, hand syncing of dailies seems downright anachronistic. Doesn’t timecode make all that trivial? Yes, with digital cameras, automatic syncing is standard practice. But this inevitably involves two clocks, and that means they are subject to drift. It doesn’t take much drift to put you out of sync a frame or two. Production is supposed to jam (synchronize) their clocks...
January 12, 2011, 10:52 AM
http://postfifthpictures.com/2011/01/favorite-scen...
I thought it might be a good practice to start a discussion amonst the editing community about what scenes they admire most about current or past films. I had "The Social Network" deleivered to my door yesterday thanks to Amazon’s outstanding prices on Blu-Rays. Before I take another look at the film I wanted to know what was your favorite scene in terms of editing? The club? The dorms? Thoughts?
January 11, 2011, 04:58 PM
http://hollywoodreinvented.com/2011/01/11/freelanc...
As a long-time member of the creative community in Hollywood, I’ve been witness to both rich and lean times of work and employment. Economic cycles and labor disputes have hardened most of us to the occasional period of slow, or even no work, but I think it’s fair to say that most of us have NEVER seen anything like the economic situation of the last few years.
January 11, 2011, 09:55 AM
http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/4041/editing-met...
Being an editor is often like being a limo driver. Yes, a limo driver. A limo driver’s sole purpose is to deliver a client to a preset destination according to the client’s wishes. So how does this apply to editing? As per most things in life, the devil is in the details.
January 7, 2011, 11:13 AM
https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...
I love movies and TV shows. I love watching them and I love making them. I always have, for as long as I can remember. My career as an editor would have been just about perfect if I could have slept my way to the top. Unfortunately, with my looks, I was destined for a more conventional approach.
January 7, 2011, 11:13 AM
https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...
So what’s with editor Pamela Martin decked out in boxing togs and gloves and adopting an appropriate stance on our cover? Well, aside from editing David O. Russell’s latest film, The Fighter, which looks to be an awards contender, Martin also had a bout of sorts in the edit suite. As she relates to our writer Michael Goldman in this issue’s cover story, Martin had to construct crucial boxing sequences that would resemble actual filmed matches, while incorporating archival fight footage of....
January 7, 2011, 11:12 AM
https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...
Conflicts in Kentucky coal mines in the early 1930’s produced a pro-labor folksong that famously asks, "Which Side Are You On?" We work in a different time, place, and industry––but the question remains relevant. Conflicts of interest still arise between the bosses who sign our paychecks and the colleagues alongside of whom we work. In such conflicts, we must make a choice: Either stand together with our co-workers, or side with the employers out to undermine them.
January 7, 2011, 11:10 AM
https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...
By now, revealing the gender change of the driving character of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Julie Taymor’s new film is no spoiler for audiences. The wronged and sometime Duke of Milan, Prospero, has become the wronged Duchess of Milan, Prospera, in the person of Helen Mirren.
Daniel George McDonald sits down to discuss creating the finale for Cheer Season 2.
Gordon sits down with the editorial team of The Black Lady Sketch Show to discuss their approach to ...
Gordon sits down with Philip to discuss his work with Tyler Perry and his latest film A Madea Homeco...
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