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
April 2, 2010, 05:25 PM
http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2641
My previous post talked about the history and the cons of the MTV effect on modern editing; today I’ll continue the history and look at the pros and where we are now.
April 2, 2010, 05:24 PM
http://makebettermedia.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-r...
While the video industry provides a constant stream of new and improved production gadgets, cameras and software, little attention is paid to the craft of storytelling. The new eBook, Documentary Editing by Karen Everett makes a welcome contribution to this often ignored area.
March 29, 2010, 12:42 PM
http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2619
If an editor - standing in for the viewer - is a movie’s eyes, are those the eyes of someone suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder? Since 1981 and the birth of MTV, filmmakers have been complaining, arguing, and embracing the effect of MTV on cutting. This week I’ll look at the pros and cons. Feel free to chime in!
March 29, 2010, 12:41 PM
http://lfhd.net/2010/03/28/the-edit-bay-ep-24-one-...
The twenty-fourth episode of THE EDIT BAY is now available for download. Just when you thought a show was done...they PULL you back in! Creative notes given after the show was onlined and fully mixed.
March 28, 2010, 12:39 PM
https://www.editorsguild.com/ScottBurnette.cfm?
I’ve always been interested in understanding the technical side of post-production and the assistant editor job is becoming increasingly technical. It’s probably where I can make the biggest contributions on a project.
March 27, 2010, 12:38 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...
To Appreciate the Art of Film Editing, You Have to Start With a Frame of Reference. How do we know within the first 10 minutes of "Slumdog Millionaire" that it's going to be a fanciful, time-shifting, rag-to-riches fable about a plucky orphan boy set in the slums of Mumbai?
March 26, 2010, 12:36 PM
http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2613
While I prefer to focus on the positive, I know from being on the planet a few decades that a lot can be learned in life and postproduction from the not-so-hot - the downright painful, and the tragic. So here’s a good example of bad editing.
March 25, 2010, 12:33 PM
http://postfifthpictures.com/2010/03/the-editor-an...
Lance has prepared his answers in a different fashion than Daryl of Star Trek: TNG. Have a good read and enjoy. If you have more questions, leave them in the comment section.
March 23, 2010, 12:25 PM
http://blogs.nppa.org/editfoundry/2010/03/23/jump-...
So you’ve learned how to edit. You understand the basic concepts of editing. You understand the importance of a sequence. You’ve grasped screen direction. You understand the importance of tight shot. You know the rules, which are more guidelines than rules. So, you want to break some rules?
March 23, 2010, 12:24 PM
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-gu...
Vancouver film editor Julian Clarke has spent much of the last year hunkered down in an editing room in Toronto, working on a new Rachel Weisz film called The Whistleblower. The catch is, it was filmed in Romania. After each day of filming, film cans were sent by Fed-Ex across the Atlantic, where Clarke loaded them into the computer and went to work. "It created a several day delay, which is not ideal," he said...
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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