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

In Memoriam: Sally Menke (Vanity Fair)

October 2, 2010, 10:29 AM

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/09/in...

As most film enthusiasts undoubtedly know by now, Oscar-nominated editor Sally Menke was found dead in Los Angeles’s sprawling Griffith Park yesterday, after going for a hike Monday at the height of the city’s record-breaking heat wave. Although Menke’s passing is foremost a tragedy for her family and loved ones, it is also an incomparable loss for cinema. She cut for directors such as Oliver Stone (Heaven and Earth) and Billy Bob Thornton (All the Pretty Horses), and every child of the...

ASE Documentary Panel

October 1, 2010, 03:03 PM

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/assocvideo.php

The Australian Screen Editors held a panel to discuss the art of editing documentaries.

Back Up Oct. 2010

October 1, 2010, 11:51 AM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2010/10/01/backup-...

Here’s a reminder that it’s the first of the month: If you haven’t backed up your system in a while then do it today!

Interview mit Chris Lebenzon

September 30, 2010, 04:20 PM

https://www.aotg.com/interview-mit-chris-lebenzon/

Editor Chris Lebenzon talks about his editing experiences and dealing with directors. Chris's credits include Alice in Wonderland, Top Gun, Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!

TEJ BABRA: SELF-TAUGHT EDITOR VS EDUCATED EDITOR

September 30, 2010, 03:29 PM

http://www.elskid.com/blog/tej-babra-self-taught-e...

Tej Babra, a regular and entertaining Twitter poster as well as being a very experienced editor recently posted a blog assessing the pluses and minuses of the self-taught editor vs the apprentice editor. Tej’s point is that experience is vital to editing, and he’s right. But how you gain that experience is up to you. For me, editing is an instinctive process, much like directing, but you need to school that instinct, give it a structure, give it a framework to be instinctive within...

Joanna Garland, Assistant Editor

September 30, 2010, 12:06 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/JoannaGarland.cfm?

Editing is a mix of art and business. You get to create art by juxtaposing images, words, sounds and performance to evoke emotion and thought in those who consider your work.

Kirk Demorest, Editor

September 30, 2010, 12:06 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/KirkDemorest.cfm?

Editing is a mix of art and business. You get to create art by juxtaposing images, words, sounds and performance to evoke emotion and thought in those who consider your work.

John Bryant, Picture Editor

September 30, 2010, 12:04 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/johnbryant.cfm?

A part of the Editors Guild monthly postings on their members work.

Nancy Brindley, Assistant Editor Interview

September 30, 2010, 12:02 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/nancybrindley.cfm?

Part of the Editors Guild's monthly postings interviews editors and assistants about their work. This article interviews Nancy Brindley.

In Appreciation – Sally Menke

September 30, 2010, 08:42 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/news/in-appreciation-sally-...

Sally Menke, who died on Monday, September 28 in Los Angeles at the age of 56, was one of the most respected film editors of the past 20 years. Working largely on Quentin Tarantino’s feature films, doing other projects in between, Menke crafted Tarantino’s complex narratives into cohesive, memorable, cultural touchstones.

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