SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986
VOL 28 · NO. 4
CODESTARS
2
EDITOR'S LETTER
Game plan: NAB
By Randi Altman
2
4
16
IN THE BEGINNING
How pros got their start in post.
By Randi Altman
W O R K F L O W
22
INSTANT GRATIFICATION
A look at the on-set/near-set
dailies process.
By Christine Bunish
AFTER EARTH
T E L E V I S I O N
28
10
DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
Tom Hooper — Les Miserables
By Iain Blair
14
WHAT'S UP DOC?
Filmmaker Lesley Chilcott's Web doc
demystifies and encourages coding.
By Randi Altman
PRODUCTS
The latest in hardware & software
50
16
OPEN HOUSE
RuckSackNY keeps overhead low and
quality up.
46
MICROSOFT/THE MILL LA
C A R E E R S
BITS & PIECES
What's new in post production
9
14
POST SCRIPT
The GPU Technology Conference
By Marc Loftus
PEOPLE
Keeping tabs of the industry's movers
& shakers
54
REVIEW
Altermedia's Studio Suite X
VFX FOR TV SERIES
Intricate effects, fast turnarounds
make for fun, challenging work.
55
REVIEW
HP's z820 Red Edition workstation
By Brady Betzel
56
REVIEW
Nikon's D800 SLR camera
By Dave Frederick
By Marc Loftus
34
AUDIO FOR TV SERIES
Pros heighten the drama and
magnify the laughs with sound.
ON OUR COVER
22
COMMUNITY
By Jennifer Walden
DAILY NEWS UPDATES
WEB EXCLUSIVES
VIDEO: Digital Domain's VFX work on
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
34
NAB 2013: Highlights from Las Vegas
CAREERS — How I Got My Start —
Poetica's David Elkins
This Month In
The action-packed Revolution, which recently started up again
on NBC, uses Arri Alexa as its primary camera and calls on the
Canon 7D and GoPro for supplemental footage. The show uses
both on-set and near-set dailies solutions via Bling Digital, a
division of Sim Digital (www.simdigital.com). On-set, they get the
color looks they want quickly and focus on backing up material
for protection, then Bling does the heavy lifting near-set, focusing on dailies outside the crazy environment of production. For
more details on near-set/on-set dailies, turn to page 22. For
more on Revolution and its visual effects turn to page 28.
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Sophisticated CG in The
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The VFX industry in crisis
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