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POST MAR/APR 2019
SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986
VOL 34 · NO. 2
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MORE: VFX for TV, Captain Marvel, How to
Train Your Dragon 3
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ON
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COVER
HBO'S SESAME STREET
DEPARTMENTS
2 EDITOR'S NOTE
Street notes
By Linda Romanello
2 THE ONLINE
Film, TV and NAB
By Marc Loftus
4 BITS & PIECES
What's new in post production
12 FILM RESTORATION
They Shall Not Grow Old
By Karen Moltenbrey
16 VISUAL EFFECTS
Marvel Studio's Captain Marvel
By Linda Romanello
18 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
Stephen Merchant on Fighting With My Family
By Iain Blair
42 PREVIS
Walt Disney Studios' Dumbo
44 TRENDS
Trends in film & game prodocution
By Michael Janov
46 REVIEW
HP ZBook Studio X360 G5
By Dariush Derakhshani
48 PEOPLE
Keeping tabs of the industry's
movers & shakers
20 BIG VFX FOR THE SMALL SCREEN
Post teams are upping the ante on high-end
visual effects for television
By Linda Romanello, Marc Loftus and
Karen Moltenbrey
26 SESAME STREET TURNS 50!
Posting television's longest-running
children's show
By Linda Romanello
32 WHEN ELEPHANTS FLY
MPC animators help take Dumbo to new
heights
By Karen Moltenbrey
38 A FRIENDSHIP FORGED IN FIRE
A new renderer helps DreamWorks create
the last chapter in the How To Train Your
Dragon series
By Karen Moltenbrey
FEATURES
Dumbo
How To Train Your Dragon 3
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Sesame Street
Station 19
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BONUS: STORAGE
SUPPLEMENT
A look at digital
storage, a critical
element of modern
media workflows.
STORAGE
SOLUTIONS
A SUPPLEMENT TO POST MAGAZINE MARCH/APRIL 2019
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