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POST FEBRUARY 2015
ON OUR COVER
4 EDITOR'S LETTER
Post Super Bowl Sunday
By Marc Loftus
4 POST SCRIPT
Real Deal
By Linda Romanello
6 BITS & PIECES
What's new in post production
14 RESELLERS
Sales, installations and distribution deals
16 PRIMETIME
Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
By Linda Romanello
18 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
Richard Linklater — Boyhood
By Iain Blair
20 ANIMATION
Strange Magic
By Barbara Robertson
22 EDIT THIS!
American Sniper
By Marc Loftus
42 CAREERS
John Bailey, ASC
By Christine Bunish
44 POSTINGS
A graphic glimpse of some recent work
46 PEOPLE
Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers
48 REVIEW
SGO's Mamba FX 2.0
By Barry Goch
SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986
VOL 30 · NO. 2
THIS MONTH IN
• The Hobbit's fi nal battle
• Using commercial game engines
• Digitally reconstructing historical structures
• Overcoming software rot
DEPARTMENTS
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Boyhood
Strange Magic
American Sniper
FEATURES
VIDEO
26 REALITY TV
Post houses address the unique
challenges of unscripted television
By Christine Bunish
38 PLUG-INS
Low-cost tools that can save time
and add visual impact
By Marc Loftus & Linda Romanello
AUDIO
30 SOUND SOLUTIONS
Studio pros sing the praises of
their favorite audio gear
By Jennifer Walden
BUSINESS
34 VANCOUVER
A spotlight on "Hollywood North"
By Christine Bunish
American Pickers
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