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
November 20, 2018, 05:47 AM
http://soundworkscollection.com/news/the-sound-of-...
Academy Award and Grammy-winning composer Justin Hurwitz, sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Ai-Ling Lee, sound supervisor Mildred Iatrou, re-recording mixer Frank Montaño, re-recording mixer Jon Taylor, and Academy Award-winning picture editor Tom Cross discuss how the film’s documentary look (it was filmed in Super-16mm) affected the approach to sound and music, how the sound elements contributed to the understanding of how dangerous the early space flights were, and why it was importa...
November 20, 2018, 05:47 AM
http://soundworkscollection.com/news/the-sound-of-...
Composer Ludwig Göransson and supervising sound editor Steve Boeddeker talk about the collaboration of sound design and score in BLACK PANTHER, the integration of African music into a traditional symphonic score, and how the sound design of futuristic Wakanda technology and weaponry is influenced by West African sounds (like a bird becoming the sound of a passing spaceship).
November 14, 2018, 01:09 PM
https://www.aotg.com/bretjohns-elephants-in-the-room/
In mid 2018 sound recordist Bret Johns decided to launch a kickstarter that would send him to Thailand on a mission to record a variety of elephants that would turn into a pretty spectacular library launch. We enthusiastically backed it, and when the time was right we caught up with Bret to hear the sounds and talk about the adventure.
October 30, 2018, 07:37 AM
http://www.aotg.com/index.php?page=cuttingroom_215
Gordon sits down with Joe Walker to discuss Steve McQueen's new film Widows.
October 30, 2018, 06:12 AM
https://www.allanmckay.com/165-2/
This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 165! I’m speaking to Cameron Smith, the Lead Compositor who has worked for ILM as well as other studios. I’m really excited about this one! Cameron is an old friend of mine. In this Episode, we backtrack through our careers a bit. Fifteen years is a long and successful career! Cameron shares his insight on how to achieve that. This is a really fun Episode.
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.