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

Jaws and the sound of dread and wonder

July 8, 2014, 04:38 AM

http://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/...

One of my college film professors used to begin each quarter’s class with a demonstration: He’d play the opening scene from Jaws, and the opening scene from Ordinary People, but with the soundtracks reversed. Set to John Williams’ Jaws score, Ordinary People’s scene-setting shots of upper-middle-class suburbia came off as ominous, rather than lyrical and elegiac. And set to Pachelbel’s Canon, Jaws’ scene of Chrissie Watkins getting eaten alive by a shark looked like water ballet.

Paul Apted Fault in Our Stars Michael Apted Dies

July 6, 2014, 09:27 AM

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/paul-apted-sound...

Paul Apted, a sound editor and son of director Michael Apted, died Friday of colon cancer in Los Angeles. He was 47.

R.I.P. Sound Editor Paul Apted, 47

July 6, 2014, 09:26 AM

http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/r-i-p-sound-editor...

Sad news for Hollywood today. Paul Apted, the sound editor on a long list of movies including most recently the Fox 2000 hit The Fault In Our Stars, has died. According to reports, he succumbed to colon cancer at age 47, which is just way too young. Apted is the son of director Michael Apted, and they worked together several times and most recently on Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. Paul Apted’s survivors include wife Gemma and two children, Thomas and Rose. Condolences to th...

Paul Apted, Sound Editor, Dies at 47

July 6, 2014, 09:26 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-apted-d...

Paul Apted, a sound editor and son of British director Michael Apted who worked on studio blockbusters as well as smaller films for more than two decades, died Friday of colon cancer in Los Angeles, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 47.

Game audio: Highlighting the horror sounds of OUTL

July 5, 2014, 07:46 AM

http://www.asoundeffect.com/game-audio-highlightin...

Jonathan Wachoru worked as lead sound designer on the sound for OUTLAST, a survival-horror game by Red Barrels – and below, he takes you through the creepy (and sometimes downright nasty) sound elements and assets that make up the game’s effective soundscape. Note that the video is a bit graphic – you’ve been warned :)

Audio Repair - Removing Sudden Unwanted Sounds

July 4, 2014, 04:16 AM

https://www.aotg.com/audio-repair-removing-sudden-unwanted-sounds/

An unwanted noise in the background can ruin what would otherwise be a perfect take. In this video, Mike Thornton shows you how to use RX 3's Spectral Repair...

Audio Illusions and The importance of set-up

July 3, 2014, 12:07 PM

https://www.aotg.com/audio-illusions-and-the-importance-of-set-up/

In this audio illusion, something that seems incomprehensible makes sense once your brain is conditioned for it. Prior information shapes our understanding of the present.

Designing The Sound Of Our World

July 3, 2014, 09:42 AM

http://www.asoundeffect.com/designing-the-sound-of...

Tom Ashbrook speaks with Megan Garber, staff writer at The Atlantic, about how the digital tools we have available are being used to sculpt, engineer and transform many of the sounds that surround us – and how it’s changing our fundamental relationship with sound...

Silence At Work

July 2, 2014, 05:51 PM

http://designingsound.org/2014/07/silence-at-work/

For the past few years I have been bothered about the amount of time I spend on a job — not specifically about how busy I am, but rather how much time I spend concentrating on the task that needs getting done. By default, most of us learn to constantly optimise our workflows as our experience grows. This is very important, as successful projects are judged not only on their quality but also budgets! But most of us also have the task of being creative collaborators while working long hours. Not...

The Sound of I-Orgins with Dolby Atmos

July 2, 2014, 01:28 PM

http://soundworkscollection.com/videos/the-sound-o...

I ORIGINS, the second feature film from writer and director Mike Cahill, tells the story of Dr. Ian Gray (Michael Pitt), a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey) who slips away from him.

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