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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST APRIL 2016 ON OUR COVER 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Much ado about drones By Linda Romanello 2 THE ONLINE Digital humans v digital actors By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 14 ANIMATION The Angry Birds Movie By Marc Loftus 18 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Cedric Nicolas-Troyan: The Huntsman: Winter's War By Iain Blair 40 BUSINESS Turning 20 — Nice Shoes looks ahead By Dominic Pandolfino 42 PRODUCTS The latest in hardware & software 44 REVIEW AJA Ki Pro Ultra BY MJ Foley 46 REVIEW Avid Pro Tools 12.4 By Mike Swittel 48 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 31 · NO. 4 THIS MONTH IN • The Jungle Book's CG animals & environments • Using complex VFX in commercials • Virtual reality makes a strong comeback • Storytelling in transmedia • Environments, an important consideration in VR DEPARTMENTS 18 FEATURES 22 SMALL SCREEN, BIG VFX Studios deliver feature film-quality VFX on episodic budgets & schedules By Christine Bunish 28 SETTING SOUND BOUNDARIES Audio pros define the animated world on-screen By Jennifer Walden 34 SPECIAL REPORT: DRONES Part 1 of a continuing series on how this advancing technology is revolutionizing the post production industry By Linda Romanello WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM WEB EXCLUSIVES • AUDIO: Dead Secret's VR game sound • MUSIC VIDEO: Black Stone Cherry's In Our Dreams (pictured) • MUSIC VIDEO: Slayer's You Against You • VFX: MPC's Batman v Superman work • WORKFLOW: Remote review & approval The CW's DC's Legends of Tomorrow 34 22 28 Special Report Zootopia Shadowhunters The Huntsman: Winter's War PHOTO CREDIT: © 2016 THE CW NETWORK, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED