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

BOOK REVIEW: The Green Screen Handbook

September 30, 2010, 08:40 AM

http://www.suitetake.com/2010/09/29/book-review-th...

While I wouldn’t necessarily refer to myself is a "Green Screen Guru", I have my share of experience with pulling color based keys. For me is started on a Grass Valley 200 switcher in the late 80’s with the little spinning knobs you used to select and finesse the color. I remember that little chirping sound it would make as you went from one limit to the other. Just thinking about that switcher really takes me back.

The quiet heroine of the Quentin Tarantino success

September 30, 2010, 08:37 AM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/sep/2...

Sally Menke died this week, aged 56, after going hiking near the Hollywood Hills on a day that was extremely hot even by Los Angeles standards. Her sad death brings to a close the longstanding collaboration with Quentin Tarantino – Menke was the only editor with whom the writer-director has ever worked – that yielded some of the most exhilarating and accomplished films of the past 20 years. He once described her as "hands-down my number one collaborator", noting in an interview for the...

Opinion: Outsourcing Post Cuts Costs and Risk

September 29, 2010, 03:45 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/work/Opinion-Outso...

In this era of economic uncertainty, outsourcing post-production services for on-going projects may appear, at first blush, counter-intuitive. After all, why shouldn’t a production company or network with on-going projects create its own "in-house" post operation to reduce outlays, especially during tough budget-challenging times? Well, after the total cost of having in-house post production services and support are factored in, the real numbers may be surprising.

Quentin Tarantino's Editor Menke Passes Away

September 29, 2010, 03:39 PM

http://manhattaneditworkshop.blogspot.com/2010/09/...

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) Los Angeles coroner's officials plan to perform an autopsy on the body of Sally JoAnne Menke, a longtime Quentin Tarantino film editor, who died while hiking in the Hollywood Hills amid record Southern California high heat. Investigators suspect she died of hyperthermia on Monday, when downtown Los Angeles was on its way to a record high of 113, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said. "She was observed in a trail...

'PULP FICTION' EDITOR SALLY MENKE FOUND

September 29, 2010, 12:20 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm...

LOS ANGELES – Both the LA Times and CNN have reported on the death of director Quentin Tarantino's longtime film editor, Sally Menke, 56, who was found after going on a hike in the extreme heat on Monday with her dog.

Episode 041 - Andrew Weisblum Interview Part 2

September 29, 2010, 11:22 AM

https://www.aotg.com/episode-041-andrew-weisblum-interview-part-2/

This week Gordon interviews Andrew Weisblum, and discusses The Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Darjeeling Limited.

From Sennett to Stevens: An interview with William

September 29, 2010, 08:34 AM

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/download_files/A...

From the ACE website (in .pdf format) Here is an interview with Bill Hornbeck about editing in the silent period from an old ACE newsletters. Thanks to Stuart Bass, A.C.E. for this.

Martini QuickShot puts pre-viz directly in FCP

September 29, 2010, 08:11 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/freshdv/sto...

Just watched the demo for Martini Quickshot Creator, and must say that this $199 software package looks AWESOME. Check out the demo here...you can quickly build pre-visualized scenes for a project from a library of characters and scenes. All from within Final Cut Pro. This software looks simply brilliant.

Sally Menke Passes Away at 56 BTL

September 28, 2010, 10:33 PM

http://www.btlnews.com/community/obits/sally-menke...

Editor Sally Menke was found dead this morning in Beachwood Canyon. She was well-known for her work with director Quentin Tarantino on such films as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown and Inglourious Basterds. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her work on Inglourious Basterds, (2009), and Pulp Fiction, (1995).

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