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2 Post • April 2014 www.postmagazine.com W O R K F L O W NOAH BLACK SAILS SUPERNATURAL FREEDOM FOR ALL 16 12 36 44 LA-based Stargate Studios provides VFX for NBC's Dracula, helping to turn the Budapest location where the series is shot, into Victorian-era London. The show is positioned as a love story, but visual effects play an important role in the show's aesthetics. In addition to helping add realism to fight scenes, VFX are used for the transition of Dracula's 400-year-old corpse into the young Alexander Grayson. Turn to page 16 for more on the show, as well as other programs that use VFX to entertain television audiences. 4 EDITOR'S LETTER Television today and NAB 2014 By Marc Loftus 6 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 12 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Darren Aronofsky — Noah By Iain Blair 44 POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent work 46 PRODUCTS The latest in hardware & software 52 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 54 REVIEW Apple's Logic Pro X By Erik Vlietinck 56 REVIEW Nvidia Quadro K5000 for Mac By Matt Silverman 16 VFX FOR TV Studios enhance small-screen stories and engage audiences with visual effects. By Christine Bunish 36 AUDIO FOR TV Sound pros create supernatural soundtracks that are grounded in reality. By Jennifer Walden 22 GETTING STARTED Creatives discuss their paths to careers in post production. By Marc Loftus 30 ON-SET PARADIGM SHIFTS Dailies, workflow service and technology providers discuss trends, news, issues and business concerns. By Michael Goldman S E R V I N G T H E I N D U S T R Y S I N C E 1 9 8 6 V O L 2 9 · N O . 4 O N O U R C O V E R DAILY NEWS UPDATES NAB COVERAGE WEB EXCLUSIVES: CAREERS • Calabash Animation's Wayne Brejcha • Rising Sun Pictures' Thomas Price • Sony Pictures' Chris Jenkins • The Room's Ben Murray This Month In • Mr. Peabody & Sherman get a 3D makeover • Creating realistic CG environments • Medal-winning CAD • Handling unique VFX shots T E L E V I S I O N C A R E E R S departments