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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST NOV/DEC 2020 ON OUR COVER SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 35 · NO. 6 WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM WEB EXCLUSIVES • OUTLOOK 2021: Predictions from AJA, AWS, Deluxe, Foundry, PNYA, Source Elements and many more! • SOUNDTRACK: Black Beauty composer Guillaume Roussel • FILMMAKING: Tulsa director & star Scott Pryor HBO's The Undoing DEPARTMENTS 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Preparing for 2021 By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 10 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR The Walking Dead: World Beyond showrunner/EP Matt Negrete By Iain Blair 12 EDITING The Undoing: Ben Lester, ACE, cuts HBO's six-part series By Marc Loftus 28 SOUNDTRACK Hulu's Monsterland: Fantasy, grit and drama call for creative sound work 30 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 32 REVIEW Canon's VP-3120 reference display By Barry Goch 14 DIRECTOR'S SWOT Four top directors look at the Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses and Threats for filmmaking in the year ahead By Iain Blair 24 SOUL SEARCHING Pixar gets jazzed for its film, which explores new beginnings By Karen Moltenbrey 2 0 2 1 Pros from throughout the post production industry give their predictions for the year ahead 18 VISUAL EFFECTS VFX trends impacting the content boom By Autodesk's Ben Fischler 18 REMOTE WORKFLOWS New data center supports remote editorial By MTI Film's Larry Chernoff 19 REMOTE WORKFLOWS Remote multi-user workflows will thrive By Epic Games' Connie Kennedy 19 REMOTE WORKFLOWS The acceleration of trends By Goldcrest Post's Ahmed Barbary 20 STORAGE Long-term archiving & remote production will be critical By Quantum's Eric Bassier 20 VISUAL EFFECTS Examining VFX culture & technology By Rising Sun Pictures' Jennie Zeiher 21 AUDIO The rise of the home studio By Gibson Brands' Phil O'Keefe 21 AUDIO Lockdown accelerates change in dubbing By Zoo Digital's Gordon Doran 22 TECHNOLOGY Security and cloud workflows By IBM's James Wilson 22 AUDIO Improving the sound of remote productions By Nugen Audio's Dr. Paul Tapper 23 AUDIO Sonic branding will continue to trend By Stephen Arnold Music's Chad Cook 23 AUDIO A re-focusing of resources & resurgence in product popularity By DPA Microphones' Chris Spahr OUTLOOK FEATURES • Spotlight on ILMxLAB • Virtual production — the new frontier in filmmaking • Animating myths from around the world • Outlook for the CG industry in 2021 • The current state of the workstation market