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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST NOVEMBER 2017 SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 32 · NO. 11 THIS MONTH IN • Diving deep into the art and technology of Disney/Pixar's Coco • Animating The Star: a CG retelling of the nativity story • Examining the venerable workstation workhorse • Crossing the uncanny valley in Blade Runner 2049 • Awards: VFX and animation feature film contenders ON OUR COVER Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok DEPARTMENTS 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Super-sized VFX By Linda Romanello 2 THE ONLINE Beyond Asgard By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 9 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Taika Waititi on Thor: Ragnarok By Iain Blair 12 POST PARTY WRAP-UP Our annual celebration in NYC 38 REVIEW Boxx Apexx 4 By Paul Schmutzler 40 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 14 THOR: RAGNAROK — LAYING DOWN THE HAMMER VFX studios collaborate with super Jake Morrison for Marvel's most ambitious effort yet By Linda Romanello 20 SPECIAL SECTION: WORKSTATIONS & PROCESSORS Power to the People — Processors are the driving force behind the workstation By Jon Peddie 26 BRINGING BIG-SCREEN GANGSTERS & GHOULS BACK TO LIFE Scarface and Night of the Living Dead get 4K picture and sound restorations By Christine Bunish 32 SOUND DESIGN: BLADE RUNNER 2049 Film composer Theo Green on his atmospheric, layered ambiences By Jennifer Walden 34 SUBLIMINAL SOUND Using subtle Foley details to add depth to a story By Jennifer Walden FEATURES WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM WEB EXCLUSIVES • CAREERS: Molinare colorist Asa Shoul • EDITING: Murder on the Orient Express • FILM: Extended Thor coverage • MUSIC VIDEO: Fergie's Love Is Blind (pictured) • OPEN HOUSE: MJH Studios • RESTORATION: A Matter of Life and Death 28 Thor: Ragnarok 14 Night of the Living Dead 34 Blade Runner 2049 32 Knightfall