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 Umbrella Academy VFX Breakdown

May 29, 2019, 06:06 AM

https://www.artofvfx.com/the-umbrella-academy-vfx-...

Come have a look at how Weta Digital created the human-like chimpanzee Pogo for THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY...

What is A VFX Supervisor, Mike Ford Explains

May 28, 2019, 03:07 PM

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/brewtv/what-is-a-vfx-s...

A great visual effects supervisor is essential for any animated or vfx-driven live-action film, but what does a supe actually do during a film’s production? It might surprise some to learn that the role of a vfx supervisor isn’t purely technical. “A lot of it is just communication,” says Mike Ford, the vfx supervisor of Hotel Transylvania 3. “It’s getting people to talk to one another.”

5 VFX and animation events not to miss at Annecy

May 27, 2019, 12:17 PM

https://beforesandafters.com/2019/05/27/5-vfx-and-...

The Annecy Festival kicks off on 10th June, 2019, and befores & afters will be there to cover some of the latest, and upcoming, happenings in the world of animation and VFX. Here’s a heads up on five of our ‘don’t-miss’ events at Annecy. If you’re heading to the festival, please get in touch to say hi.

Creatures, fire and atmospherics: cooking up a GoT

May 27, 2019, 12:17 PM

https://beforesandafters.com/2019/05/28/creatures-...

Weta Digital handled a lot of complex visual effects work in the final season of Game of Thrones, totalling some 600 shots. To get a sense of how some of that broke down, befores & afters talked to visual effects supervisor Martin Hill about three particular aspects of the work: creatures, fire and atmospherics. Come with us on a visual journey through this work to find out how it was accomplished on a very large scale.

How I would Start my VFX Career in 2019

May 26, 2019, 05:00 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/195/

This is a Live Stream I did a while back. I walked about what I would do differently if I were to start my career again now.

Is the VFX Industry Stable?

May 26, 2019, 05:00 AM

https://www.allanmckay.com/192/

I want to talk about the topic I get asked about all the time: The state of the industry in 2019 and is the industry stable? I want to dive into this subject because it’s pretty serious, at least for me. I want to answer this question and talk about all the scares we’ve had in the industry.

OA Season 2 VFX Breakdown Reel

May 24, 2019, 09:15 AM

https://vimeo.com/337801437

British studio One of Us presents their work on the second season of THE OA...

VFX Artists React to Aladdin's Genie

May 24, 2019, 05:54 AM

https://www.slashfilm.com/the-morning-watch-explai...

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.

Jar Jar Binks was nearly a practical suit and a CG

May 24, 2019, 05:54 AM

https://beforesandafters.com/2019/05/24/jar-jar-bi...

Whatever you think of Jar Jar Binks – the fully computer-generated Gungan played by Ahmed Best and crafted by ILM for The Phantom Menace – he was a game-changer in visual effects. It was, essentially, the first main CG character in a feature film, one brought to life by Best performing on set with the other actors and via motion capture.

Channeling Back to the Future for Endgame's VFX

May 18, 2019, 03:35 AM

https://beforesandafters.com/2019/05/18/how-vfx-ch...

One of Avengers: Endgame’s big spoilers is the fact that several main characters go back in time to New York during the major clash that occurred there during The Avengers (2012). Staging scenes that offered glimpses of the past battle, but also other ‘angles’ or characters within that past world was a huge logistical challenge, including for the visual effects artists on the film.

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