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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

Walking through the Hat Building

November 26, 2013, 05:32 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/walk...

I spent part of my afternoon at the Hat Building, where a lengthy Frozen trailer is on display on a large monitor in the entrance hall, and a lot of employees are taking Thanksgiving week off. ...

How Disney Animation simulates snow

November 25, 2013, 10:54 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2013/11/how-disney-an...

I really hope they have 40 subtly different words for this: [YouTube] Only theoretically related: “There really are 50 Eskimo words for ‘snow’”

Michel Gondry on Old-School Animation

November 22, 2013, 05:38 AM

http://filmmakermagazine.com/77346-michel-gondry-o...

Two highly unique minds converge in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, the latest from whimsical visionary Michel Gondry, who aptly subtitles his film, “An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky.” In the works for four years...

Animation technique that makes you Spin

November 22, 2013, 05:36 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/animation/animation-te...

Music videos seem to be getting more creative as the years go by - with some of the best music videos using a wide range of animation techniques. This music video however, uses a clever little technique that's absolutely mesmirizing.

Animation is still trying to come of age at Oscars

November 22, 2013, 05:35 AM

http://thedissolve.com/features/exposition/283-ani...

To compete in the Best Animated Feature category at the Academy Awards, a film must meet certain requirements. Its running time must exceed 40 minutes. Seventy-five percent of that running time must consist of frame-by-frame animation. And like all Oscar-eligible movies, it must screen theatrically in Los Angeles for at least a seven-day period.

Font of the day: March

November 21, 2013, 05:33 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/typography/font-day-ma...

Every day we showcase the best fonts on the web. Today it's March by Gumpita Rahayu, which is free to download in exchange for a tweet!

Stop worshipping animation companies.

November 20, 2013, 02:58 PM

http://spungella.blogspot.ca/2013/11/stop-worshipp...

Everybody has their own favorite company they want to work for. Each student is different. I see and hear it all the time through my teachings, from AM, to the AAU and in my workshops.

Contributing to GDP (Animation)

November 19, 2013, 01:17 PM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/cont...

The economic contributions of U.S. copyright industries reached new heights last year, for the first time contributing more than $1 trillion to the gross domestic product and accounting for 6.5% of the nation's economy, according to a new report.

An Interview with Pixar Exhibit Curator

November 18, 2013, 05:37 AM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/interview-...

The recent Pixar: 25 Years of Animation exhibit in Amsterdam attracted over 135,000 visitors. The popular show has now moved to the Art Ludique museum in Paris, and it will be on display there through March 2, 2014.

The Animated Feature Contenders

November 15, 2013, 07:16 PM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/oscar-cont...

Although some naysayers were complaining about the quality of the animated features in contention this year, how can you really be grumpy about a year that had a wonderful 2D animated feature from France, competing with excellent pics by Miyazaki, Disney, Pixar, Blue Sky, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Animation and Illumination? Come on, people. Please lighten up. Here is the list of the 19 movies that have been submitted for consideration for nomination in the feature animation race. And yes, sinc...

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