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 Cutting Crew

October 15, 2008, 06:13 PM

http://www.videography.com/article/58554

Nothing speaks like experience, so DV recently caught up with six working editors. Each took time out of their busy schedules to talk about the past, present and future of their favorite non-linear editing tools.

What is the Greatest Edited Film

October 14, 2008, 06:10 PM

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/polls.html

We are creating a list for the greatest film ever edited. Submit your suggestion in our poll section. After being up mere hours we've already got a few suggestions. Make sure your voice is heard!

Bill Nichols | Documentary Reenactments

October 12, 2008, 06:08 PM

http://www.ryecast.ryerson.ca/dmpstreams/2009Kodak...

Ryerson University has posted a video of Bill Nichols lecture on reenactments. A great insight into film documentary reenactments and useful for editing. When you go to the video it streams via Windows Media 9 and some people have had trouble. If thats the case enter this web address into your media player to check it out. mms://www.windowsmedia.ryerson.ca/dmpstreams/2009Kodak/nichols/stream1.asx

Editor Richard Harris' X Factor

October 11, 2008, 06:07 PM

http://www.moviemaker.com/editing/article/x_files_...

Editing is an integral part of creating suspense in a film—anyone who has seen Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) can attest to that. For a film like The X-Files: I Want to Believe (whose creators were so intent on producing a suspenseful aura for its audience that only a very elite group of those involved were given full scripts), having a skilled editor was crucial to its success. It made perfect sense when the moviemakers behind the film called in Richard A. Harris, an editor with plenty...

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Review

October 11, 2008, 06:05 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/studiomonthly/currentis...

Just when we thought Premiere Pro for Mac or Windows was about as packed with features as it could get, Adobe has put even more actually useful niceties into the CS4 version of the venerable editing application. Building on its strengths of smooth interaction with other members of the Adobe club of apps, Premiere Pro included functionality and feature sets that were sorely needed in previous versions. There are also some unexpected surprises within the mix.

Murch BAFTA Lecture Part 2

October 10, 2008, 06:03 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1514115308...

Walter Murch is the most highly-awarded film editor working today, with 3 BAFTA Awards and 3 Oscars for picture editing and sound mixing. Walter Murch's credits include Apocalypse Now, Godfather II and III, American Grafitti and THX-1138, through to The English Patient and Cold Mountain. In this Lecture, Murch notes that film editing is now 100 years old, and recounts achievements from the history of the craft and discusses his own body of work.

Murch BAFTA Lecture Part 1

October 9, 2008, 06:00 PM

https://www.aotg.com/murch-bafta-lecture-part-1/

Walter Murch is the most highly-awarded film editor working today, with 3 BAFTA Awards and 3 Oscars for picture editing and sound mixing. Walter Murch's credits include Apocalypse Now, Godfather II and III, American Grafitti and THX-1138, through to The English Patient and Cold Mountain. In this Lecture, Murch notes that film editing is now 100 years old, and recounts achievements from the history of the craft and discusses his own body of work.

Restoring the Touch Of Genius to a Classic

October 9, 2008, 05:57 PM

http://www.reelclassics.com/Articles/Films/touchof...

FORTY years ago, in the spring of 1958, Orson Welles's "Touch of Evil" was released by Universal as a B picture, the second half of a double bill. (The A picture was "Female Animal," a now-forgotten vehicle for Hedy Lamarr.) Neither picture attracted much attention, although some reviewers were intrigued by Welles's first studio work in 10 years. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a commercial and critical disappointment, and Welles -- only 43 at the time -- returned to Europe and never made...

Walter Murch: Cutting from the Heart

October 9, 2008, 05:56 PM

http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/walter...

One part painter, two parts prestidigitator, Walter Murch is, quite simply, one of our greatest living motion picture editors. He has a long and storied career as both a picture and sound editor, and has authored one of the most insightful little volumes on film editing ever published. "Blink of an Eye" should be required reading for every film student.

The Talented Mr. Murch

October 9, 2008, 05:55 PM

http://www.filmsound.org/murch/talented.htm

The best editing does not call attention to itself and neither does Walter Murch. Soft-spoken and deeply philosophical, the renowned sound and picture editor could shamelessly flout credits that include "American Graffiti" and "The Godfather," for which he edited sound, "Apocalypse Now" and "The Conversation," for which he edited both picture and sound, and "The English Patient," for which he earned Oscars for sound and picture work. Instead, Murch keeps a low profile, operating from the...

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