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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST JULY 2017 SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL 32 · NO. 7 WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM WEB EXCLUSIVES • CAREERS: Sound engineer Sue Pelino, animator Sani Spectra (pictured) • FILM TRAILERS: Black Panther, Jumanji, The Greatest Showman • SIGGRAPH 2017: Product news from LA THIS MONTH IN • Explore the cutting-edge effects of Valerian • Creating realistic imagery for a space-themed VR game • NASA employs gaming tech and mixed reality as a training tool • Animation on the fast track for Cars 3 • The state of the CG industry • Education special: Schools continue to innovate to make students job-ready ON OUR COVER 20th Century Fox's War for the Planet of the Apes DEPARTMENTS 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Summer movies By Linda Romanello 2 THE ONLINE VR gains traction By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post production 6 STORAGE GALLERY The latest news and solutions 8 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Jon Watts on Spider-Man: Homecoming By Iain Blair 36 TECHNOLOGY Real-time technology blurs the lines between production and post By Marc Petit 38 REVIEW: BORIS FX MOCHA VR Binge-worthy, share-worthy TV signals the future of broadcast design By Ryan Thomas 40 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 10 SUMMER MOVIES A healthy mix of advanced tools and talent help VFX vendors and post houses get the job done for another blockbuster season By Marc Loftus, Linda Romanello and Karen Moltenbrey 18 ROBOT WARS Transformers: The Last Knight requires heavy doses of VFX and some creative editing By Drew Turney 22 GAME OF THRONES Big screen VFX treatment for the mega-hit's new season By Christine Bunish 26 DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY Monitors, displays and projection systems duke it out at post facilities By Christine Bunish 30 SPECIAL SECTION: 4K/HDR Industry pros weigh in on the developing formats and imaging attributes FEATURES 30 Digital Garden 10 Spider-Man: Homecoming 18 Transformers: The Last Knight 22 Game Of Thrones 26 Light Iron