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

How MIDI files, Houdini and the art of animation m

December 11, 2020, 02:04 PM

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In Pixar’s upcoming Soul, directed by Pete Docter, one of the challenges the animation studio faced was depicting its main character Joe (Jamie Foxx) playing the piano, believably. That is, animating his fingers to hit the correct keys for the music he was playing.

ART OF THE CUT on the workflows and methods for ed

December 11, 2020, 02:03 PM

https://www.provideocoalition.com/aotc-mank-ae/

Our discussion today is with Ben Insler. Ben was the assistant editor on David Fincher’s feature film, Mank, which was edited in Adobe Premiere. David Fincher’s production company has its own post house – Number 13, which I have had the privilege of visiting in the past – and it is really on the cutting [...]Read More...

Final Cut Pro and Motion on the new 13″ M1 MacBo

December 11, 2020, 02:03 PM

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This week on MacBreak Studio, I was able to “borrow” the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Apple Silicon chip and so I did a few comparisons against my 2019 16″ MacBook Pro using both Final Cut Pro and Motion (by the way, it’s going to take me awhile to stopping adding the “X” [...]Read More...

Editor Mikkel Nielsen and Sound Designer Nicolas Becker (The Sound of Metal)

December 11, 2020, 12:17 PM

https://www.aotg.com/editor-mikkel-nielsen-and-sound-designer-nicolas-becker-the-sound-of-metal/

Editor Mikeel Nielsen and Sound Designer Nicolas Becker discuss creating the film The Sound of Metal. We explore how to make a movie internationally, when the entire crew is located in separate countries.

#editor#editing#film#film editing#television#movies#sound designer#the cutting room#mikkel nielsen#nicolas becker#the sound of metal
Marco Capalbo (Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds)

December 11, 2020, 10:26 AM

https://www.aotg.com/marco-capalbo-fireball-visitors-from-darker-worlds/

Gordon sits down with Marco Capalbo to discuss editing for Werner Herzog and crafting Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds. How does Werner craft the structure, how do they decide what the V/O should be, and more importantly, the prickly topic of the implications of the Voice of God style documentaries?

#editor#editing#film#film editing#television#movies#the cutting room#apple tv+#marco capalbo#fireball: visitors from darker worlds
4 Basic Editing Hacks in Premiere Pro You Need to

December 10, 2020, 02:15 PM

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/premiere-pro-edit...

From creating your own keyboard shortcuts to audio gain, today we'll discuss some basic Premiere Pro editing hacks.

Autodesk's Maya 2020.4 sees Bitfrost improvements

December 10, 2020, 02:15 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (autodesk.com) has rolled out Maya 2020.4, which includes the biggest update to the Bifrost visual programming environment to date. The release also integrates the latest version of Arnold, bringing artists a faster, more creatively engaging rendering experience, as well as updates to the Motion Library and Substance plug-ins.

Company 3 adds veteran colorist Gareth Spensley

December 10, 2020, 02:15 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

LONDON — Gareth Spensley has joined Company 3 (company3.com) as senior colorist. He comes to the studio from Molinare, where he established a reputation as a versatile colorist across both episodic television and feature films. 

The Mill grows global color team

December 10, 2020, 02:15 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

LOS ANGELES & LONDON — The Mill (themill.com) has announced several new senior appointments within its global color team. The appointments come as the studio continues to invest and expand its color offering, branching out into more long-form and episodic opportunities, in addition to its commercial capabilities. 

Scanline VFX grows European presence

December 10, 2020, 02:14 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

LONDON – Scanline VFX (scanlinevfx.com) continues to expand its European presence with the recent appointment of Lauren McCallum as head of production, Europe, and the promotion of Jasmin Hasel to executive producer, Europe. Scanline currently has three physical European studios in Munich, Stuttgart and London, as well as a growing number of artists working remotely across Europe. In March of this year, all Scanline studios transitioned to remote working, adopting a global, decentralized p...

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