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
October 10, 2012, 02:43 PM
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/smpte-announce...
Hollywood–The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) today announced the results of the organization's elections for officers and governors. All newly elected Officers and Governors will take office on January 1, 2013.
October 10, 2012, 02:42 PM
http://www.macprovideo.com/hub/final-cut/final-cut...
Though they both use a blade, the difference between an editor and a barber is that if a barber cuts too much hair there’s no going back - whereas if an editor does, not all is lost. While every frame that make film or video matters, the difference between great story telling and not so great is in where we cut. Though it may seem invisible, where we cut is defined by a single frame.
October 10, 2012, 08:46 AM
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118060490.html
Gary Bell, a top post-production exec for MGM during a career that lasted 50 years, died of natural causes on his boat in Marina Del Rey, Calif., on Sept. 21. He was 71.
October 10, 2012, 08:45 AM
http://scruffythinking.com/thatpostshow/2012/10/9/...
On this episode, we speak with Mike Seymour and Marc-André Ferguson. We discuss editing, the state of visual effects and post production, wages, budget cuts, software prices and much more. And, Mike confesses that he's sexually attracted to Autodesk Flame.
October 10, 2012, 08:45 AM
http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ryoung/stor...
Here's another week of some of the latest news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, and scripts. It was busy again last week, dominated by scripts and plug-ins, old and new.