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

Hurt Locker Wins Best Picture

January 8, 2010, 07:35 AM

http://www.moviemaker.com/producing/article/online...

The Online Film Critics Society, an organization comprised of Internet-based film journalists, has named Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker the best film of 2009. They've also named Chris Innis and Bob Murawski as winners for best editing, The Hurt Locker.

Why Does an Editor Make a Cut?

January 7, 2010, 07:32 AM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2245

This oft asked question echoes the age old question, "What do women want?" The latter question is, thankfully, being asked less and less as women are taking their power around the world and men and women are connecting and understanding each other more. Here’s my answer to the former question...

Avatar and the Future of Film Editing

January 7, 2010, 07:31 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...

"Jim was originally going to edit the whole thing himself," recalls editor John Refoua [Balls of Fury], "but after a little while he realized that with all the work and directing it was going to be too much. He called me to come in for six weeks and that was two and a half years ago.

Interview with Stephen Schaffer

January 7, 2010, 07:31 AM

http://www.pixar.com/artistscorner/steve/interview...

Pixar interviews the Incredibles Supervising Editor. Originally posted back in October of 2003.

Interview with Michel Arcand

January 7, 2010, 07:30 AM

http://www.handcutfilms.com/editing/interview-with...

A couple years ago I interviewed Michel Arcand, one of Quebec's most accomplished film editors. At the time he was working on Maurice Richard (aka The Rocket), for which he would later win Genie and Jutra awards for best editing. Our phone call lasted over an hour, but of course being an editor, I cut it down to 12 minutes, focusing on the more inspiring and insightful moments to portray Arcand's magnificent vision into the intimate process of film editing. Enjoy.

Why is Video Editing? The Beginning

January 6, 2010, 07:29 AM

http://blogs.nppa.org/editfoundry/2010/01/06/why-i...

Why is video editing? Yes, I know that’s not proper English. I often here the question, "What is video editing?" If you reading this post then you’re probably aware of what video editing is. But do you know why we edit?

Fairy Tale and Reasons not to Cut

January 6, 2010, 07:27 AM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2238

It’s much more important to learn what not to cut. That’s the hardest thing for any young editor starting out; it was for me.

Analysis of a Scene: Dead Ringers

January 5, 2010, 07:23 AM

http://thefinecut.blogspot.com/2010/01/analysis-of...

I recently watched "Dead Ringers" for the first time in about 20 years and finally connected to a film that had left me cold back in 1988. This was the first film directed by David Cronenberg after one of his rare box office hits "The Fly". Cronenberg is an interesting director, as his films often create unsettling moods, though he usually relies on almost unstylish medium shots and close-ups as coverage for his scenes.

MM Interview with Chris Lebenzon

January 5, 2010, 07:22 AM

http://www.moviemaker.com/editing/article/q_a_with...

Editor Chris Lebenzon got his start in motion pictures in the late 1970s, when he started fooling around on the KEM machine that his roommate, Michael Wadleigh, had used to cut Woodstock. Though he worked steadily on a number of small independent films at that time (most of which still have never been seen by audiences), Lebenzon's first big break came when editor Richard Chew brought him on board as an assistant editor on Wadleigh's Wolfen in 1981. For the past two decades, Lebenzon has been...

Interview with Scott Conrad

January 4, 2010, 07:19 AM

https://www.aotg.com/interview-with-scott-conrad/

Editor Scott Conrad marks a first for us here at Natsukashi, for he is our frist Oscar winner to speak with us, earning that golden guy for his work on the seminal Sylvester Stallone flick, Rocky.

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