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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST APRIL 2017 SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 32 · NO. 4 WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM WEB EXCLUSIVES • CAREERS: Colorist Duncan Russell • NAB 2017: News from Las Vegas • STORAGE: Cloud economics: private vs. public • VFX: Ghost in the Shell THIS MONTH IN • Crafting Kong: Skull Island, where Kong is king • Creating photorealism in realtime • An Oz odyssey: A trip to Emerald City • A chat with Barbie • Premiere Pro celebrates 25 years ON OUR COVER The CW's Arrow DEPARTMENTS 2 EDITOR'S LETTER VR and HDR and 4K, oh my! By Linda Romanello 2 THE ONLINE The NAB 2017 game plan By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 14 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Marc Webb: Gifted By Iain Blair 34 OPEN HOUSE SonicPool expands business with Shapeshifter acquisition By Marc Loftus 36 BUSINESS Axispoint and T2 merge By Linda Romanello 38 NAB PRODUCT NEWS A look at this year's newest offerings 40 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 16 BIG TIME VFX FOR THE SMALL SCREEN Studios create high-end visual effects to help bring TV audiences to worlds near and far By Christine Bunish 22 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: PREVIS, POSTVIS AND TECHVIS Essential tools that offer filmmakers creative vision and help streamline production By Linda Romanello and Marc Loftus 28 EXPLORING CREATIVE SOUND FOR ANIMATION How pros twist, pitch and manipulate sound to fit the characters By Jennifer Walden FEATURES 16 Stranger Things 22 28 The Boss Baby Doctor Strange