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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

Owning the Franchise

December 13, 2013, 05:24 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/12/owni...

... “Turbo FAST” and the DWA shows that follow have been designed to serve as a marketing template on how to build a franchise. A hit show will help sell more mobile games, toys and other merchandise — all of which can lead to the greenlight of a film sequel. While the $135 million-budgeted “Turbo” earned only $82 million Stateside and $282 million worldwide, DWA CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says the film is profitable for the company when toy sales and homevideo results are factored in.

Pixar's 'Monsters University' And The Oscars

December 12, 2013, 08:05 PM

http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/oscars-monsters-un...

You gotta give Pixar credit — they never follow the easy path. Take Monsters University, the first prequel...

Continuing Updrafts

December 12, 2013, 05:31 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/12/cont...

... As 2013 draws to a close, Adult Swim, Turner Broadcasting’s signature network for young adults, is on track to set new records with its most-watched year in its history among targeted adults 18-34, 18-49 and men 18-34, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. For the 9th year in a row, Adult Swim also will rank #1 on basic cable in Total Day among adults 18-34 and men 18-34, as well as rank #1 among adults 18-49 and men 18-49.

Lighting Pixar's The Incredibles Part 1

December 11, 2013, 05:47 PM

http://floobynooby.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-cinemat...

Here is Part 1 of 3 on a case study of the shot compositions from Pixar's film "The Incredibles, I'll go over how the relationships of all the visual elements on screen were meticulously crafted to form a point focus in every shot. It is through the arrangement and control of all the elements on screen that the filmmakers were able to guide the sight, thoughts and emotions of the audience. All images used here are ©Disney/Pixar (unless otherwise stated).

The Lighting of Pixar's "The Incredibles"

December 11, 2013, 10:39 AM

http://bryoncaldwell.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-cinem...

There's a nice breakdown of the cinematography of The Incredibles over on the FloobyNooby blog. It's worth a look!

Artist David Lewandowski has some fun with ‘Late

December 10, 2013, 05:35 AM

http://postperspective.com/2013/12/artist-david-le...

LOS ANGELES — David Lewandowski is an LA-based, director and animation artist, whose work includes the animated graphics and opening title sequence for Tron:Legacy, as well as the animated graphics for Oblivion. He also recently created many of the animations and visual effects on the surreal Tiny Tortures video, starring Elijah Wood. In late October, Lewandowski released the short film Late for Meeting (http://www.dlew.me/late-for-meeting), which is […]

VFX Awards Candidates

December 8, 2013, 07:58 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/12/visu...

Overlooked the early effects hopefuls for the Little Gold Man, but better to post them now than not at all...

Trimming Back

December 6, 2013, 10:22 PM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/12/trim...

The thoughts and observations of the leaders of The Animation Guild (TAG), Local 839 IATSE. Steve Hulett is the Business Representative, Nathan Loofbourrow is the President, Steve Kaplan is the Organizer.

NFB Makes Call for Entries for McLaren Celebration

December 6, 2013, 01:45 PM

http://www.awn.com/news/people/nfb-makes-call-entr...

To celebrate what would have been Norman McLaren’s 100th birthday in 2014, the National Film Board of Canada and the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership are inviting artists from around the world to respond to a call for projects entitled McLaren

Next Limit ships Maxwell Render 3

December 5, 2013, 05:43 AM

http://www.cgchannel.com/2013/12/next-limit-ships-...

Maxwell Render 3 in action. We can’t find an official Next Limit demo yet, so here’s a webinar running through the new features in the update recorded by distributor Novedge earlier this year.

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