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

Editing in the Avant-Garde: A Note to Pati (1969)

September 7, 2010, 11:04 AM

http://dinca.org/review-a-note-to-pati-1969-by-sau...

Film editor’s curiosity compelled me to watch the film multiple times while tallying the number of film splices. Clearly, it’s impossible to get an exact number, but according to my tally averaged, the film has approximately 400 splices — this is wild — this is a seven minute film.

Inside the editor's studio Thelma Schoonmaker

September 6, 2010, 03:24 PM

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/04/0...

NEW YORK -- "Oh, go ahead and heft it," Thelma Schoonmaker urged. "Everyone else has." "It" was the Oscar statuette she had won earlier that week for best film editing , for "The Departed. " Schoonmaker, 67, was sitting in her editing room at Martin Scorsese's production company. She has edited every Scorsese feature since "Raging Bull," in the process becoming one of the most respected figures in American film.

A Tribute to Two Trailblazing Editors

September 4, 2010, 10:51 AM

http://www.bobbieosteen.com/2010/08/a-tribute-to-t...

A Tribute to Two Trailblazing Editors: Dede Allen, A.C.E., and Sam O’Steen, A.C.E., moderated by Bobbie O’Steen with panelists Jerry Greenburg, A.C.E., and Carol Littleton, A.C.E., was a genuine treat. From tales of what it was like to work with Dede Allen and Sam O’Steen to analyzing scenes from Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate, it’s not often that you get this level of candor, insight, analysis and humor.

Norman Hollyn on Collaboration

September 3, 2010, 10:55 AM

https://www.aotg.com/norman-hollyn-on-collaboration/

Norman Hollyn is an Associate Professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Here he talks about how the school should approach the new creative landscape and how storytelling and collaboration is something still needed to be taught.

EDIT THIS!: VAMPIRES AT 'THE GATES'

September 2, 2010, 01:24 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm...

SHREVEPORT, LA — Vampires are all the rage these days, and ABC took a bite of the genre with its summer series The Gates. While the show is set in what looks like a Utopian gated community in the suburbs, it is really a haven for dark secrets and pretty bloodsuckers.

Interview with Editor Josh Bodnar Pt 2

September 2, 2010, 12:59 PM

http://deysonortiz.com/blog/inspirational/intervie...

Since the last interview with Josh Bodnar close to a year ago we have kept in contact, during that time he has offered me valuable advice and insight into the industry. I am such a big fan of his work and his ideas that I wanted to take the opportunity and do a second interview in which we dive deeper into his creative realm.

Interview with Editor Josh Bodnar pt 1

September 2, 2010, 12:58 PM

http://deysonortiz.com/blog/inspirational/intervie...

I had the great pleasure of interviewing, Emmy Award winning editor, Josh Bodnar. He has helped produce such projects as, Emmy award-winning, title design sequence for Showtime’s "Dexter", and Emmy nominated title design sequence, "Kingdom Hospital". His work is also part of the New York Museum of Modern Art Permanent Collection.

CCE/Julian Clarke on Cutting District 9 Part 3

September 2, 2010, 10:30 AM

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

Here's part three of Julian Clarkes discussion on cutting district 9. This is part of the CCE panel discussions held bi/monthy.

'Hung' Up on Cutting Comedy

September 1, 2010, 10:15 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

"Hung is much more edited like a little film," says editor Annette Davey. "It’s like doing a half-hour film every couple weeks. Hung is a lot more cinematic than other shows I’ve worked on because it tends to favor medium and cowboy shots." A cowboy is a medium shot composed with the actor’s belt buckle visible in the shot.

Robber Spot

August 31, 2010, 03:54 PM

http://postfifthpictures.com/2010/08/robbers-spot/

Here is a spot I just cut for a group in Salt Lake City. It was a fun piece to edit. There were 4 spots total. Nate Hoffman did the sound work on it. I think it turned out well.

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