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

The Reality of Cutting Reality

August 12, 2010, 12:34 AM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2972

I connected with Adam Coleite after putting out a call for reality editors to interview on Facebook. We met up at a restaurant of his choice – a Corner Bakery in Burbank. A genial 30-something, he gave me a rundown on the logistics and challenges of editing reality (love the double entendre) as well as some insightful comments on audience perceptions of the genre and his own take on it.

Episode 38 - Day four from Edit Fest LA

August 11, 2010, 02:17 PM

https://www.aotg.com/episode-38-day-four-from-edit-fest-la/

John and Gord talk about Sally Menke, as well as editing reality.

Collaboration and Why The Auteur Theory Is Bull

August 11, 2010, 01:06 PM

http://normanhollyn.com/2010/08/10/collaboration-a...

Directors, listen to me hear — it’s impossible to make a film by yourself. Not every idea you’re going to have is good, and not all good ideas are going to come from you. The best comments I’ve gotten from directors are when they turn to me after viewing my Editor’s Cut and say "Wow, there were some things in there that I never would have thought of myself. Thanks." Of course, that doesn’t mean that we’re going to use those ideas...

Controversial Edit

August 10, 2010, 08:38 PM

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/videoedsys/revfe...

During the next 12 months, the edit unfolded in a way I had never experienced. A 90-minute documentary in the United Kingdom would normally involve a straight run of nine to 11 weeks of cutting. However, the schedule for this film was dictated by the Zimbabwe government and its ability to continually postpone the international court case—the film's subject matter—was staggering. Shooting was interrupted, and this meant we had to approach the edit in a very different way. We had to be fluid.....

Episode 037 - Edit Fest LA Part 3 2010

August 10, 2010, 02:53 PM

https://www.aotg.com/episode-037-edit-fest-la-part-3-2010/

Today we will release part of the talk on the opening night where Matt Chesse discusses how he got into film editing.

Edit Fest LA - Podcast 2

August 8, 2010, 01:17 PM

https://www.aotg.com/edit-fest-la-podcast-2/

Gordon quickly looks at the films that inspired some of the top editors.

Eps. 34 Edit Fest LA 2010 Part 1

August 7, 2010, 04:50 AM

https://www.aotg.com/eps-34-edit-fest-la-2010-part-1/

Tonight Gordon sits with John Nicholls and recaps the opening night of Edit Fest LA with clips from the opening panel.

EditFest LA is coming and you can help me out

August 5, 2010, 12:24 PM

http://normanhollyn.com/2010/08/03/editfest-la-is-...

This weekend — Friday and Saturday to be precise — a whole boatload of editors are going to meet in Los Angeles, at Universal Studios for a networking/learning/celebratory experience all focused around what we do. That is, put images together to tell stories.

Editing and Life Transitions

August 4, 2010, 07:30 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2949

What kinds of transitions do you make between scenes? Do you plunge right into the next scene with a smash cut or jump cut? Descend thoughtfully into it with a long dissolve or super? Or just plain cut? Chances are you’ve made all these kinds of transitions and many more as you’ve paced out scenes as well as individual edits.

Edit Fest LA is sold out but get your questions in

August 4, 2010, 07:26 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=3834

It looks like this weekend’s Edit Fest LA event is sold out. SOLD OUT is the first thing on the ACE page when you click over to read about the event. If you were lucky enough to get your $349 in on time and secure your place at the event then it looks like you’re going to be in for a treat as scanning the itinerary for the event you see a lot of great editing names and a ton of shows and movies that the panelists have worked on.

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