SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986
VOL 28 · NO. 10
THROUGH THE NEVER
departments
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EDITOR'S LETTER
Film, Sound & More...
By Marc Loftus
4
BITS & PIECES
What's new in post production
10
DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
Ron Howard's Formula 1 Rush
By Iain Blair
12
DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
Billy Bob Thornton: Jayne
Mansfield's Car
By Marc Loftus
POSTING TV SERIES
14
Perfecting workflows for primetime
content.
OPEN HOUSE
Sonixphere's expanding universe
30
STORAGE GALLERY
Solutions for collaboration, archiving
and more
32
SOUND LIBRARY GALLERY
New music & sound effects
38
POSTINGS
A graphic glimpse of some recent work
40
PRODUCTS
The latest in hardware & software
44
PEOPLE
Keeping tabs of the industry's movers
& shakers
48
REVIEW
Blackmagic Design's UltraStudio Pro &
SmartScope Duo
By Brady Betzel
4
RUSH
VIDEO
16
By Christine Bunish
EFFECTS
20
VFX FOR SPOTS
10
BLACKLIST
Pros use visual effects to explain
concepts and entertain audiences.
By Christine Bunish
S O U N D
24
AUDIO FOR FILMS
These features join the growing list
of films mixed in Auro-3D or the
Atmos format.
By Jennifer Walden
16
ON OUR COVER
HOW THE BODY WORKS
DAILY NEWS UPDATES
WEB EXCLUSIVES
• RESTORATION: The Wizard of Oz
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• AUDIO: Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs 2
• REVIEW: Rampant Design Tools
By David Basulto
This Month In
Kia's Totally Transformed spot features a new look for the familiar hamster crew. MPC in Los Angeles handled VFX, which
included more dynamic performances and detailed facial expressions this time around. The studio used Maya for animation and
rigging, and Houdini for fur and rendering. Check out our "VFX
for Spots" feature on page 20 for more details.
• An in-depth look at facial
motion capture technology
• Why previs is so important
to a production
• Defiance: Pushing VFX on TV
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