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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

Justin Leduc — Going Viral, Part II

October 26, 2018, 06:27 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/164/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 164. I’m speaking to Justin Leduc. This is Part II on his going viral video and on his next piece. I’m really excited for this one! This one is going to be a lot of fun. We’re discussing his new piece (to be released this week) and we dive into it in realtime.

Episode 161 — The Hustler's Mindset

October 12, 2018, 09:34 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/161-2/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 161! This week, I’m making a deep dive into mindset because it’s the glue that makes everything stick. One of the key things, as we go through our careers — is having the right mindset. I wanted to touch on that for a lot of reasons: A lot of us are in a hurry and we think that there is this ONE magic bullet: “If only I learn that one software — everything will be okay.”

Episode 160 — The First Step to Your Dream Job

October 3, 2018, 06:24 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/160/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 160! This is going to be a bit of different Episode. One of the key things I’ve gotten hundreds of emails about are from people who are not in a creative industry — but who want to pursue their dream of being an artist: Having their creative outlet not just be a hobby but their career!

How to Change Careers After 30

September 18, 2018, 09:37 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/158/

I’m talking about changing careers — into Visual Effects or into any creative career — after the age 30. Just to start out: This Episode is from a video I’ve published, which dove into changing careers. I wanted to try putting out easy going content. I didn’t want to spend a lot of time worrying about lighting for a video. Rather, I wanted to focus on the content. The video did do well. I’ve had comments like, “This is the exactly right video for me, right now!”

he One Thing More Effective Than Your Reel

September 4, 2018, 04:34 PM

https://www.allanmckay.com/156/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 156! I’m talking about the one thing more important than your demo reel. We’re going to get into some really cool stuff.

Episode 154 — Q & A with Allan McKay

August 21, 2018, 09:44 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/154/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 154! I’m doing some Q & A.

Ryan Connolly — Making of Short Film BALLiSTIC

August 14, 2018, 06:08 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/153-2/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 153! I’m speaking with Ryan Connolly from Film Riot, the director of a new short film BALLiSTIC, as well as other films. This is going to be a killer Episode.

Episode 152 – More Than One Kind of Demo Reel

August 7, 2018, 06:37 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/152/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 152: Going through the evolution of your demo reel and all the different types of reels you’re going to build over the course of your career! This Episode will be really fun. You might have noticed that my Podcasts have been about career-related subjects, like getting a job and building your demo reel.

How to Stalk People (and Get the Contacts)

July 21, 2018, 09:31 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/150/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 150! This Episode is all about stalking: In other words, how to get anyone’s email address so you can do you outreach — and get the job!

Episode 148 — Kevin Baillie — Atomic Fiction

July 10, 2018, 05:54 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/148/

This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 148! I’m speaking with Kevin Baillie from Atomic Fiction. He is one of the Founders. He is also CEO of Conductor Technologies, a cloud-based renderer. Kevin is definitely an authority and early adopter of cloud rendering. Atomic Fiction is one of my favorite studios to work at! It’s located in Oakland, California and in Montreal in Canada. This is going to be a really cool Episode.

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