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

EXCLUSIVE Interview with Walter Murch Pt. 2 of 2

December 9, 2010, 11:23 AM

https://www.aotg.com/exclusive-interview-with-walter-murch-pt-2-of-2/

Here's part 2 of our Walter Murch Interview. On October 10th of 2010 the Cutting Room Podcast interviewed Walter Murch just prior to his state of cinema speech at the TIFF Bell Light Box. As part of the Essential Cinema screening series. Special Thanks to Grass Valley for helping us with this video series.

Interview With: MICHAEL KAHN

December 9, 2010, 11:13 AM

http://simplycinema.blogspot.com/2004/09/interview...

For those of you who have never heard the name Michael Kahn (which is probably a vast majority), he makes more money than you will ever see in ten lifetimes. You see, Michael Kahn is a film editor, but not just any film editor. He handles work for the biggest director in the world today, Mr. Steven Spielberg.

Editing Actually

December 7, 2010, 11:28 AM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=3263

In my Web meanderings this week, I came across a site that gives a good ride through Hollywood movies. www.filmsite.org honors filmmakers of all types (actors, editors, directors, etc.) as well as all genres (horror, comedy, sci-fi etc.) Written and edited by Senior Editor and Film Historian Tim Dirks who launched the site in 1998 it now runs it under the auspices of American Movie Classics (AMC). Dirks does a great job detailing each movie for plot and whatever...

Dan Katz - Artist In Residence

December 6, 2010, 04:47 PM

https://www.aotg.com/dan-katz-artist-in-residence/

Editor Dan Katz talks about starting a career in editing and his personal inspirations on his editing techniques. He has been a freelance editor in New York City for more than a decade, with international clients including: Sports Illustrated, Sundance Channel, @Radical.Media, MTV, Euro/RSCG, Apple, Canon, A&E, Speed Channel, Toyota, Ralph Lauren, Tiffany & Co, Harley-Davidson, Tommy Hilfiger, Microsoft, FUSE among others.

Life on the Cutting Edge

December 6, 2010, 03:18 PM

http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDis...

Screen editing is often described as 'the invisible art', but according to Dr Karen Pearlman, President of the Australian Screen Editors Guild (ASE), there's nothing invisible about it. "Good editing is visible in the form of good story," she says emphatically. "When you have emotional engagement with the characters, or when you see something that's visually exciting or spectacular, then you're watching good editing. The edits aren't visible, but the results certainly are!"

'Black Swan' Blurs the Lines

December 6, 2010, 11:13 AM

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

Editor Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E., came to Black Swan with Aronofsky’s The Wrestler already on his credit list; he first met the director when he was a visual effects editor on The Fountain. In prepping for Black Swan, Weisblum and Aronofsky talked a lot about the film’s genres and its editorial style. They also watched numerous horror, psychological thriller and dance movies, mainly referencing the moments of horror or terror. "It was about how those moments were executed and which ones were a...

Editor Tim Mertens Finds the Shape of the Story

December 6, 2010, 11:06 AM

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

Disney Studios' Tangled is an irreverent and visually dazzling three-dimensional animated story of Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and the charming thief Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi). Rapunzel's 70-feet-long golden hair has magical properties, which have led Mother Goethel to imprison the young girl in a lonely tower for her own selfish reasons. Before her 18th birthday, Rapunzel decides to escape, letting her hair down for a new life of adventure.

Hellcats Keeps Its Editors Jumping

December 6, 2010, 11:04 AM

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

"Every episode has a big production number––either a dance or cheer scene that is choreographed to a specific song," says Debby Germino about Hellcats, the new TV series she co-edits with Christopher Cooke, A.C.E., and Neil Mandelburg, A.C.E. "It’s exciting to get dailies in and become so energized watching these amazing dancers do these incredible flips and acrobatics."

Useful Tools for Editors: Test Gear 2.5

December 5, 2010, 10:52 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4965

A few weeks ago we posted about Scopo Gigio, an add-on for Adobe After Effects that brought video scopes to AE. Another longtime supplier of AE scopes is Synthetic Aperture, with its Test Gear product. Just this week Synthetic Aperture released version 2.5, which brings full 64-bit, CS5 compatibility. Here’s the Test Gear 2.5 feature highlights (from the Synthetic Aperture website):

Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects

December 5, 2010, 10:49 AM

http://crishdesign.com/books/Creating-Motion-Graph...

Trish and Chris Meyer share seventeen years of real-world film and video production experience inside the critically acclaimed Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. More than a step-by-step review of the features in After Effects, you will learn how the program thinks so that you can realize your own visions more quickly and efficiently. This 768-page full-color book is packed with tips, gotchas, and sage advice that will help users thrive no matter what projects they might encounter.

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