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

A Raw Look at the VFX in Hollywood

February 28, 2014, 05:31 AM

http://www.mentorless.com/2014/02/28/watch-life-pi...

You probably all remember the green screen movement that took over twitter last year, right after Rhythm & Hues, the VFX company that pretty much made Life of Pi went on winning an Oscar 11 days after filing for bankruptcy. Everybody was in a bit of a shock: weren’t VFX the thing going on in all blockbusters and top grossing films? (i.e: shouldn’t VFX artist make big bucks?). And how can you win an Oscar and file for bankruptcy the same week?

MPAA response to Pando investigation confirms stre

February 28, 2014, 05:31 AM

http://pando.com/2014/02/27/mpaa-response-to-pando...

 Last night, the Hollywood Reporter published a rewrite of Pando’s recent scoop about the Motion Picture Association of America. The piece reviews what we originally reported: namely, new MPAA legal filings may have inadvertently helped U.S. visual effects workers in their efforts to shut down foreign government subsidies to MPAA studios. Those filings do this by arguing digital goods should be treated as regular imports under trade law. That would get the studios the copyright protections th...

HPA Tech Retreat 2014 – Day 4

February 28, 2014, 05:29 AM

http://www.dvinfo.net/article/misc/science_n_techn...

The HPA Tech Retreat is an annual gathering where film and TV industry folks discuss all manner of technical and business issues. I’m taking notes during the sessions and posting them; it’s a very limited transcription of what’s going on, but it should at least give you the flavor of the discussions. This fourth day Read More

The Art of Deep Compositing

February 27, 2014, 07:30 PM

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-art-of-deep-co...

At this year’s SciTech Oscars there were three separate awards given for the invention, development and implementation of deep compositing.

DP/30: Gravity FX Supervisor Neil Corbould

February 27, 2014, 10:54 AM

https://www.aotg.com/dp-30-gravity-fx-supervisor-neil-corbould/

In a remarkable career that started when he talked his uncle into letting work on the set of Superman: The Movie, Neil Corbould has been part of some of hist...

POMPEII: Chris MacLean – CG Supervisor – Mr. X

February 27, 2014, 10:53 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6142

Chris MacLean has joined the team of Mr. X in 2010. He has participated in many RESIDENT EVIL, THE THING or CARRIE. This is his fourth film with director Paul W.S. Anderson.

Making of Riddick

February 27, 2014, 06:00 AM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/making-of-riddick/

Watch Making of Riddick by Mokko Studio, VFX house Mokko Studio, created 321 VFX for ‘Riddick’ feature film starring Vin Diesel. The studio worked closely with director David Twohy for more than a year. more than 100 artists handled extensive creature work on the film’s mud demons and jackals, including pups. Mokko also built five different sets, including full CG environments and matte paintings.

6 amazing examples of matte painting

February 27, 2014, 06:00 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/6-amazing-examples-...

Like any other artistic skill, becoming a matte painter takes dedication, talent and experience. Here, some of the best artists in the business about talk about their work and provide insights into the artform.

Anderson Talks POMPEII VFX

February 27, 2014, 06:00 AM

http://collider.com/paul-w-s-anderson-pompeii-resi...

Now playing in theaters is director Paul W.S. Anderson’s disaster epic Pompeii. The film stars Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) as an enslaved Celtic gladiator named Milo who falls in love with a noblewoman (Emily Browning) on the eve of a massive volcanic eruption that destroys Pompeii, an event that also brings him face-to-face with the man (Kiefer Sutherland) who slaughtered his family years earlier. The film also stars Jared Harris, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sasha Roiz, Je...

BC Subsidies Exploited To Send Work To China

February 27, 2014, 05:58 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/bc-vfx-...

I came across a CBC article that was dated last year titled B.C. visual effects artists say work being sent overseas: Movie visual effects (VFX) artists working in B.C. say post-production companies are taking advantage of the province's tax credits, then subcontracting out work to China and India. The page on my viewing had 0 shares…

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