February 1, 2015

  • 6-Feb-2015
    February 1, 2015
    In this issue:
    - Posting Reality TV
    - Director's Chair: Richard Linklater — Boyhood
    - Edit This!: American Sniper
    - Primetime: Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
    - Review: SGO's Mamba FX 2.0
    and much more!!

Departments

  • Animation: George Lucas' 'Strange Magic'
    Animation: George Lucas' 'Strange Magic'

    The title of the feature film says it all. Strange Magic, based on an idea by George Lucas of Star Wars fame, is an animated, madcap musical/love story aimed at tween girls, an unexpected combination. ...

    February 13, 2015

  • Director's Chair: Richard Linklater - 'Boyhood'
    Director's Chair: Richard Linklater - 'Boyhood'

    Last July, director Richard Linklater, who first made a name for himself with the independent release Slacker, released his most heartfelt, idiosyncratic and ambitious film to date, the tour-de-force ...

    February 6, 2015

  • Edit This: 'American Sniper'
    Edit This: 'American Sniper'

    BURBANK, CA — Film editor Gary D. Roach has been working with director Clint Eastwood and fellow editor Joel Cox for 19 years. He began as an apprentice on 1997’s Absolute Power, and then became an as ...

    February 4, 2015

  • Primetime: 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'
    Primetime: 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'

    In an issue focused on unscripted television and the unique challenges of producing and posting shows for the genre, it only seems fitting to look at one of Food Network’s most highly-rated series. Di ...

    February 6, 2015

  • Review: SGO's Mamba FX 2.0
    Review: SGO's Mamba FX 2.0

    Do you like to dance? Well, while Mamba may sound like a Cuban dance, Mamba FX 2.0 is actually a new product from SGO with some powerful new visual effects moves of its own. I just had to give it a wh ...

    February 6, 2015

Features

  • Spotlight: Vancouver
    Spotlight: Vancouver

    “Hollywood North,” has long been a magnet for filmmakers and “runaway” Hollywood TV production seeking financial advantages, diverse locations, a sophisticated technical infrastructure and a talented ...

    February 6, 2015

Web Exclusives

  • Animation: Framestore brings 'Paddington' to life
    Animation: Framestore brings 'Paddington' to life

    LONDON — Anyone who knows Paddington will have a good idea of what he looks like. Floppy hat, duffle coat, button eyes — details you might have variously picked up from Peggy Fortnum’s original illust ...

    February 11, 2015

  • Animation: Iloura brings 'Spongebob' crew to life
    Animation: Iloura brings 'Spongebob' crew to life

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — VFX and animation house Iloura (www.iloura.com.au) brought SpongeBob Squarepants and his band of friends to life in the new feature film, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water. ...

    February 12, 2015

  • ATTO Thunderbolt Solutions Enhance Production Workflows
    ATTO Thunderbolt Solutions Enhance Production Workflows

    Changes in production workflow requirements are driving a need for sophisticated configurations—ones that maintain high throughput while providing shared access to data. At the same time, workloads ar ...

    March 2, 2015

  • Director's Chair: Alejandro González Iñárritu — 'Birdman'
    Director's Chair: Alejandro González Iñárritu — 'Birdman'

    When he sat down to speak with Post recently, director Alejandro González Iñárritu was just starting to wade into the thick of the building frenzy over his current film, Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue ...

    February 10, 2015

  • Oscar Wrap Up
    Oscar Wrap Up

    The party’s over! The dust has settled on the red carpet and the 87th Oscars – but surely not on the golden boys whom we assume are being lovingly polished and cradled by the winners as we speak. As f ...

    February 25, 2015

Reviews

  • Review: SGO's Mamba FX 2.0
    Review: SGO's Mamba FX 2.0

    Do you like to dance? Well, while Mamba may sound like a Cuban dance, Mamba FX 2.0 is actually a new product from SGO with some powerful new visual effects moves of its own. I just had to give it a wh ...

    February 6, 2015