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POST AUGUST 2015
ON OUR COVER
2 EDITOR'S LETTER
Turning to Television
By Marc Loftus
2 POST SCRIPT
Special Sections
By Linda Romanello
4 BITS & PIECES
What's new in post production
12 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
F. Gary Gray — Straight Outta Compton
By Iain Blair
14 PRIMETIME
TNT's The Last Ship
By Linda Romanello
16 VISUAL EFFECTS
Starz's Black Sails
By Marc Loftus
40 POST POSITIONS
Shared Storage: Scale Out vs. Scale Up
By David Sallak
41 STORAGE UPDATE
The latest tends & product news
46 REVIEW
JVC's GY-LS300CHU Super 35 4K camcorder
By Mark J. Foley
48 PEOPLE
Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers
SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986
VOL 30 · NO. 8
THIS MONTH IN
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• A giant step in realtime technology
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El Perdon
Cain's World
FEATURES
18 EMMY CONTENDERS
A look at some of television's
top nominees
By Marc Loftus & Linda Romanello
22 WORLD MUSIC
An international roster of creatives
craft music videos for global
recording artists
By Christine Bunish
28 NOW HEAR THIS!
Studios create compelling audio
for commercials
By Jennifer Walden
35 SPECIAL REPORT:
4K & HDR - PART 1
A look at these emerging
technologies and their influence on
post workflows
Black Sails
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