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SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 28 · NO. 11 FREE BIRDS 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Giving thanks By Marc Loftus 4 8 GRAVITY N E W M E D I A COVER STORY Reel FX completes animated, Stereo 3D Free Birds By Marc Loftus 10 8 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Alfonso Cuaron — Gravity By Iain Blair EDIT THIS! Alexander Payne's Nebraska By Marc Loftus 38 POST POSITIONS Managing video content growth on a budget By Daniel Jaramillo & Hossein ZiaShakeri 40 PRODUCTS The latest in hardware & software POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent work 44 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 47 Creativity blossoms in an interactive world DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Jim Field Smith — The Wrong Mans By Marc Loftus 16 ADVERTISING & THE INTERNET 14 42 18 REVIEW HP's ZBook 17 By Christine Bunish SOUND 24 & PICTURE ADR & FOLEY 10 RDIO These long-used sound techniques add believability to any project By Jennifer Walden 30 RESTORATION Using post tools and techniques to preserve historic work By Christine Bunish IMAGERY STOCK FOOTAGE News from across the stock industry By Marc Loftus ON OUR COVER By Dariush Derakhshani FOLEY ARTIST ERIC MILANO 36 18 48 REVIEW iZotope's RX 3 Advanced By Erik Vlietinck DAILY NEWS UPDATES WEB EXCLUSIVES: • Careers:VFX pro Vico Sharabani • Audio:Hobo's work on Documented 24 This Month In Reel FX teamed up with Relativity Media to produce Free Birds, a new CG-animated film that hit theaters this month, in time for Thanksgiving. Presented in Stereo 3D, the film centers around a team of turkeys that use government technology to travel back in time to change the Thanksgiving menu. Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler voice the lead characters, which were animated using a combination of Maya, Houdini and Mari. Turn to page 8 for full details. www.postmagazine.com • FrozenadvancesCGsnow &ice • Gravity&Ender's Game • Oscars:VFX&animation contenders Post • November 2013 1