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4 Post • October 2008 AMC's Mad Men is mastered — and pre- served — on HDCAM SR. The Emmy-winning show is shot on Super 35 and over a seven-day schedule before heading on to post. Dailies pass through Laser Pacific's Spirit 2K and get a one- light on a da Vinci 2K. The 48-minute episodes are cut on Mac-based Avid Adrenaline systems using a Unity server. VFX include matte paintings by Stargate Digital. Todd-AO Hollywood handles final sound. For more on HD episodic post, turn to page 28. O N O U R C O V E R 6 EDITOR'S LETTER IBC in 500 words or less By Randi Altman 6 POST SCRIPT Hard work and competition By Marc Loftus 8 NEWS What's new in post 22 EDIT THIS! Filmmaker Steven Okazaki's The Conscience of Nhem En looks at Cambodia's painful past By Marc Loftus 24 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Jonathan Demme: Rachel Getting Married By Iain Blair 54 HIGHER LEARNING A nonprofit with university roots is getting students immersed in learning By Jenny Donelan 56 POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent projects 58 PRODUCTS The latest in hardware & software 62 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 62 AD INDEX 64 REVIEW Cedar's DNS3000 By Ron DiCesare news 8 director's chair 24 GENESIS STUDIOS RACHEL GETTING MARRIED products 58 PIXEL FARM'S PFCLEAN O C T O B E R 2 0 0 8 • V O L . 2 3 N O . 1 0 This Month In • Life on the African savannah can be tough, as PDI/DreamWorks discovers when creating Madagascar 2. • The evolution of computer gaming technology continues with Spore.