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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST AUGUST 2016 32 Everest VR ON OUR COVER 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Director seeking ghosts By Linda Romanello 2 THE ONLINE Music videos & more By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 10 IBC NEWS The latest products and news from the show 12 VISUAL EFFECTS Suicide Squad By Marc Loftus 14 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Todd Phillips: War Dogs By Iain Blair 38 PRODUCTS News from SIGGRAPH 2016 in Anaheim 41 SOUNDTRACKS Songfreedom flies with new soundtrack platform 42 STORAGE How safe is your data? By Corky Seeber 43 REMOTE COLLABORATION Colorful alliances By Tara Holmes 44 WORKFLOW Follow the data By Shawn Carnahan 46 REVIEW Comparison: Wipster & Frame.io By Paul Schmutzler 48 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 31 · NO. 8 THIS MONTH IN • From Mars to Everest – experiencing reality in VR • Game engines expand beyond traditional gaming • Previs helps push visual effects further • Celebrating SIGGRAPH's Computer Animation Festival • The BFG: A giant leap in VFX DEPARTMENTS 16 FEATURES 16 MUSIC VIDEOS This visual format is a creative outlet for both artists & content producers By Marc Loftus 20 GHOSTBUSTERS: RAISING THE UNDEAD How VFX & CG brought Paul Feig's ghosts to life By Linda Romanello 24 STORAGE FOR VFX: BACKGROUND CHECK Studios are finding secure, reliable & unnoticeable solutions By Christine Bunish 28 A STEADY STREAM OF SOUND Streaming series offer more than just instant satisfaction for your episodic addiction By Jennifer Walden 32 PEAK PERFORMANCE Digital artists conquer graphic challenges and realtime performance issues to create Everest VR By Karen Moltenbrey WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM WEB EXCLUSIVES • CAREERS: Editor Suzie Moore; sound editor/mixer Steve 'Major' Giammaria • FILM: Ghostbusters' VFX: MPC, Halon Entertainment, Iloura; and sound: Sony • MUSIC VIDEOS: Rachael Yamagata's Nobody • STORAGE FOR VFX: Deluxe Sony Pictures' Ghostbusters Image courtesy of Sony Pictures 24 20 Independence Day: Resurgence Skin and Bones Ghostbusters