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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

Editing Boyhood

December 19, 2014, 06:09 AM

http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/b...

While some film editors may feel as if they’ve spent 12 years cutting a movie, for the editor of “Boyhood,” that actually turned out to be the case. Richard Linklater’s epic yet intimate story of 12 years in the life of a boy named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) required a different way of looking at the editing process for Sandra Adair, who has collaborated with Mr. Linklater as editor on all of his films since 1993’s “Dazed and Confused.”

8 Things You Must Know About the Film Business

December 15, 2014, 01:52 PM

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/12/james-schamus-film...

At the PGA East's Produced By Conference in October, former Focus Features CEO James Schamus offered up a treasure trove of wisdom about the film industry. Moderated by producer William Horberg (The Talented Mr.

Film Editors Master Time to Shape Their Stories

December 14, 2014, 10:40 AM

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/film-editors-master-ti...

In that respect, two of this year’s films — “Birdman” and “Boyhood” (pictured) — presented some of the greatest challenges ever faced by this group of artisans. One story was told in what appeared to be a kinetic and continuous single take while the other unfolded over 12 years.

Learning FCPX - Free Tutorials Round Up

December 12, 2014, 04:25 PM

http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video-editing/lea...

Get hold of hours of free FCPX training, insight and expertise in this round up of the best of the web when it comes to free FCPX tips, tricks and tutorials.

#fcpx#free#training
8 Predictions for the Future of Film in 2015

December 12, 2014, 02:51 PM

http://www.indiewire.com/article/8-predictions-for...

Okay, I did not get it all right last year. Perhaps you think my crystal ball had a crack in it. But I did not say they would all hit this year. Check back on 2014's predictions come the 2020's and you might be surprised how right I am. Or not, but still if we don't look at where we think we are going, how are we to pave the roads to take us there?

Understanding Warp Stabilization in Adobe AE

December 11, 2014, 06:47 AM

http://wolfcrow.com/blog/understanding-warp-stabil...

When it comes to stabilizing video footage in After Effects, you have four different methods at your disposal: Position; Position, Scale Rotation; Perspective; and Subspace Warp. Learn about these different methods and how you can use them to correct and enhance your footage in this tutorial.

If You Don’t Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else

December 10, 2014, 06:05 AM

https://hbr.org/2012/06/how-to-say-no-to-a-control...

“A ‘no’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” So said Mahatma Gandhi, and we all know how his conviction played out on the world stage. But what is less well known is how this same discipline played out privately with his own grandson, Arun Gandhi.

This Is Why You Don’t Have a Mentor

December 10, 2014, 06:04 AM

http://99u.com/articles/36393/how-to-find-a-mentor...

Students have been missing the point when it comes to mentorship for centuries. I include myself in that category of misguided young people. A couple less forgiving mentors, a couple situations breaking a different way, and I would have ended up blowing my first opportunities. Regardless, almost every day I get a handful of emails from young people desperate for advice on the topic of mentorship.

Drobo Mini Review

December 9, 2014, 08:01 PM

http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2014/12/...

More and more of us are working from home, many in a single room with no machine room where we can put our noisy and hot gear, it’s all in the same space. I’ve been on an ongoing mission to try and create a one-room ‘silent’ studio, regular readers of the blog will have seen my other efforts to achieve this, such as replacing the fan in my Avid Omni interface, hard drives are another area where noise can emanate.

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