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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST DECEMBER 2015 SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 30 · NO. 12 WEB EXCLUSIVES WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM • ANIMATION: The Good Dinosaur and MPC's Sunny & Steve • AUDIO: IFC's Gigi Does It, Halo: The Fall of Reach, and Sound Standards • OUTLOOK 2016: GPL, Roger, NetApp, HP, Sim Group, Stiller Studios, FuseFX, Fraunhofer and more. • PRODUCT UPDATES: Nvidia and HP • TUTORIAL: Reallusion's Character Creator • VIDEO: Post Party interviews • VFX: Spectre • WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS: The Rusted's Kat Candler • ON OUR COVER ABC's The Muppets 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Milestones and advancements By Linda Romanello 2 THE ONLINE Post production's crystal ball By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 14 OSCAR BUZZ Paramount Pictures' The Big Short By Marc Loftus 16 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Peter Landesman — Concussion By Iain Blair 18 PRIMETIME ABC's The Muppets By Linda Romanello 46 POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent work 48 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers DEPARTMENTS OUTLOOK FEATURES SWOTS UP? 24 POST SURVEYS THE INDUSTRY DIRECTORS 25 FOUR TOP DIRECTORS WEIGH IN ON 2016 By Iain Blair EDITING 30 KEEPING UP WITH A CHANGING MARKET By Christine Bunish VFX/ANIMATION 33 NEW WORKFLOWS BOOST VFX By Christine Bunish AUDIO 36 MORE PROJECTS, MORE OPPORTUNITIES By Jennifer Walden OUTLOOK 2016 39 HDR Consumer Behavior And Emerging Technologies By Wolfgang Lempp 40 ACQUISITION Advances In Formats Meet Enhancements In Imagery By Larry Thorpe 41 ACQUISITION Ending The Year On A High (Dynamic Range) By Gary Mandle 41 ACQUISITION The Future Is 4K By Larry Librach 42 BROADBAND CONTENT Broadband Content Breaks Through By Michael Cioni 42 DIGITAL EXPERIENCE Effective Storytelling In Today's Connected Culture By Loren Judah 43 4K/HDR Posting In 4K/HDR By James Cowan 44 COLOR/FINISHING 'Remote Partnerships' — Essential To A Long Future By Tara Holmes 44 STORAGE 2016 Storage Forecast By Corky Seeber 45 VR The Charms And Challenges Of Virtual Reality By Matt Akey 25 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 • The intergalactic VFX of Star Wars: The Force Awakens • Kung Fu Panda 3 animation masters • Virtual Reality — past, present, future • Update on head-mounted displays • The role of film backgrounds THIS MONTH IN