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A U D I O 14 A Q&A with James Cameron By Iain Blair 18 Director James Cameron, producer Jon Landau and the film's editorial team discuss making this "game- changing" film. By Daniel Restuccio 22 POST'S OSCAR PICKS A roundup of films that are likely to be getting a nod from the Academy. By Iain Blair 28 VFX IN SPOTS Tighter budgets and faster tur narounds are forcing VFX studios to find new ways to be efficient and creative. By Randi Altman 32 ADVER TISING'S CHANGING EQUATION Technology and the economy play major roles in this evolving relationship. By Ken McGorry 36 AUDIO FOR INDIE FILMS Low budgets challenge audio pros with delivering high-quality sound- tracks for the big scr een. By Marc Loftus T R E N D S V F X www.postmagazine.com January 2010 • Post 1 Director Jim Cameron took his loves for science-fiction storytelling and technology and mashed them together for his first feature film since Titanic. Almost all but two and a half minutes of the film have some sort of visual effect — either apparent or seamless. Cameron and crew took performance capture technology to a new level, developing a new "camera" along the way. We interviewed the director for two different articles this month. Please turn to pages 14 and 18 for our Avatar coverage. O N O U R C O V E R • Traditional animation: Pushing boundaries in The Princess and the Frog and The Fantastic Mr. Fox • Avatar the Game proves as leading- edge as the film • A famous crooner is brought back to life in holographic form DAILY NEWS UPDATES WEB EXCLUSIVES Bad Animals: 10 years after the buyout New Hat reinvents commer- cial color Creating Avatar's Scorpion Gunship 4 12 32 NYU'S STEINHARDT SCHOOL AMC'S MAD MEN 180 LA/BOOST MOBILE This Month In O S C A R S A V A T A R DEPARTMENTS 2 EDITOR'S LETTER New Year's resolutions By Randi Altman 2 POST SCRIPT Smoke comes to the Mac By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES A look at life in post 12 EDIT THIS! Mad Men & Lost editor Chris Nelson By Randi Altman 41 EDUCATION USC's SCA evolves its mocap course 42 POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent projects 43 PRODUCTS The latest in hardware & software 46 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 47 REVIEW Cinema 4D R11.5 Broadcast Edition By David Basulto 48 REVIEW AJA's Ki Pro By Mike Romey S E R V I N G T H E I N D U S T R Y F O R 2 5 Y E A R S