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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST SEPTEMBER 2014 FROM STUDENT TO PRO IBC 2014 NEWS WEB EXCLUSIVES UPCOMING FILM TRAILERS ON OUR COVER Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy brought together stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper. The outer-space, sci-fi fi lm also called on a team of visual e ects specialists, including those at MPC, Framestore and Sony Pictures Imageworks, who worked to create the completely CG Groot and Rocket Raccoon characters, as well as environments and futuristic vehicles. Post caught up with several key players and has a full report on page 22. 2 EDITOR'S LETTER An anonymous letter By Marc Loftus 2 POST SCRIPT VFX on the rise By Linda Romanello 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 14 EMMY REPORT Recapping TV's big winners 16 VISUAL EFFECTS Robert Rodriguez's Sin City 2 By Marc Loftus 18 PRIMETIME BBC America's Orphan Black By Linda Romanello 20 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR This Is Where I Leave You — Shawn Levy By Iain Blair 40 DEAR COLORIST Facility-wide monitor calibration By Terence Curren 42 PRODUCTS Highlights from SIGGRAPH in Vancouver 43 POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent work 45 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 48 REVIEW Picture Instruments' Look Converter & Color Grading Central's LUT Utility By Erik Vlietinck SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 29 · NO. 9 THIS MONTH IN The Boxtrolls combines CG & stop-motion techniques VFX studios' storage needs 3D conversion challenges Maze Runner's environments and creatures DEPARTMENTS 16 22 32 43 Sin City 2 Guardians of the Galaxy House of Cards FEATURES Find out more at www.aja.com/cion Production and Post Unified CION is the new 4K/UHD and 2K/HD production camera from AJA. Unite production and post by shooting directly to edit ready Apple ProRes 4444 at up to 4K 30fps, ProRes 422 at up to 4K 60fps, or output AJA Raw at up to 4K 120fps. 4K sensor with 12 stops of dynamic range Ergonomic and Lightweight, only 6.4 lbs Open Connectivity Network based control via LAN C O M I N G S U M M E R 2 0 1 4 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 22 MPC & SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS CREATE OUT-OF- THIS-WORLD VFX FOR 2014'S BIGGEST FILM By Linda Romanello COLOR CALIBRATION 27 A LOOK AT THE TOOLS & TECHNIQUES BEHIND MAINTAINING PRISTINE COLOR DISPLAYS By Christine Bunish WEB SERIES 32 HOW INTERNET SHOWS ARE REACHING NEW HEIGHTS AND GIVING TRADITIONAL CABLE & BROADCAST A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY By Christine Bunish SOUND DECISIONS 36 MIXERS AND SOUND DESIGNERS FROM OUTSIDE THE US SHARE THEIR FAVORITE AUDIO GEAR FOR POST By Jennifer Walden The Giver