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

Every few years you get to edit a monster

October 3, 2010, 11:46 AM

http://blogs.nppa.org/editfoundry/2010/10/02/every...

If you're reading this blog you are a student of the art of editing. You want to become a better editor. You want to be ready when the opportunity comes up to edit and incredibly great story. I believe as an editor if you can edit five things that you are truly proud of in one year, your doing good. We all have to edit stories that aren’t always the best. It's those time you just practice your craft. Maintain your skills so when the 'monster' comes you're ready.

All the news that’s fit to edit – and then

October 2, 2010, 06:53 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=3051

Another interview in a continuing series of editor interviews. Cutting news is a special type of editing due to its relentless daily deadlines to "make air" as well as its unique lingo, schedules, staff titles, and workflow. Editors have to be fast and flexible, ready to switch or update stories as priorities shift with the daily ebb and flow of news.

Thelma Schoonmaker at George Eastman House 2of2

October 2, 2010, 03:36 PM

https://www.aotg.com/thelma-schoonmaker-at-george-eastman-house-2of2/

The three time Oscar winner has edited every Martin Scorsese film since RAGING BULL. Here she is in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (Rochester, NY) introducing the restoration of her late husband Michael Powell's film THE RED SHOES. She is also accepting the Susan B. Anthony Failure is Impossible Award.

Thelma Schoonmaker at George Eastman House 1of2

October 2, 2010, 03:36 PM

https://www.aotg.com/thelma-schoonmaker-at-george-eastman-house-1of2/

The three time Oscar winner has edited every Martin Scorsese film since RAGING BULL. Here she is in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (Rochester, NY) introducing the restoration of her late husband Michael Powell's film THE RED SHOES. She is also accepting the Susan B. Anthony Failure is Impossible Award.

RIP Sally

October 2, 2010, 10:46 AM

http://www.handcutfilms.com/news/rest-in-peace-sal...

Although I try to stay abreast of the latest news around the film editing community, I was a little late finding out the sad news that Sally Menke passed away on Monday, September 27. I just met her at EditFest in August, where she looked perfectly healthy and happy, so it is all the more shocking that this happened. My heart goes out to her family, friends and colleagues. More here.

Sally Menke Passed (NY Times)

October 2, 2010, 10:31 AM

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/sally...

Sally Menke, a film editor best known for her long association with the director Quentin Tarantino, and who edited his kinetic features like "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction," the "Kill Bill" movies and "Inglourious Basterds," was found dead on Tuesday in the Beachwood Canyon section of Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. She was 56.

In Memoriam: Sally Menke (Vanity Fair)

October 2, 2010, 10:29 AM

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/09/in...

As most film enthusiasts undoubtedly know by now, Oscar-nominated editor Sally Menke was found dead in Los Angeles’s sprawling Griffith Park yesterday, after going for a hike Monday at the height of the city’s record-breaking heat wave. Although Menke’s passing is foremost a tragedy for her family and loved ones, it is also an incomparable loss for cinema. She cut for directors such as Oliver Stone (Heaven and Earth) and Billy Bob Thornton (All the Pretty Horses), and every child of the...

ASE Documentary Panel

October 1, 2010, 03:03 PM

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/assocvideo.php

The Australian Screen Editors held a panel to discuss the art of editing documentaries.

Back Up Oct. 2010

October 1, 2010, 11:51 AM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2010/10/01/backup-...

Here’s a reminder that it’s the first of the month: If you haven’t backed up your system in a while then do it today!

Interview mit Chris Lebenzon

September 30, 2010, 04:20 PM

https://www.aotg.com/interview-mit-chris-lebenzon/

Editor Chris Lebenzon talks about his editing experiences and dealing with directors. Chris's credits include Alice in Wonderland, Top Gun, Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!

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