May 1, 2015

  • 4-May-2015
    May 1, 2015
    In this issue:
    VFX: Avengers: Age of Ultron
    Primetime: Mad Men
    Director's Chair: Paul Feig — Spy
    Camera Focus
    New York Studios
    ...and much more!

Departments

  • Director's Chair: Paul Feig — 'Spy'
    Director's Chair: Paul Feig — 'Spy'

    After laboring for over a decade in the TV trenches, where the Emmy-nominated Paul Feig created the cult hit Freaks and Geeks and directed everything from The Office to Arrested Development and 30 Roc ...

    May 7, 2015

  • Primetime: AMC's 'Mad Men'
    Primetime: AMC's 'Mad Men'

    For the past eight seasons, AMC’s Mad Men has been bringing viewers back to the 1960’s, maintaining the period’s authentic look with, according to Blake McCormick, producer in charge of post productio ...

    May 18, 2015

  • Review: Editors Keys' Avid Media Composer Dedicated Backlit PC Keyboard
    Review: Editors Keys' Avid Media Composer Dedicated Backlit PC Keyboard

    I first heard about this keyboard as a Kickstarter-funded venture and it seemed pretty cool. Editors Keys is a company dedicated to providing quality keyboards for a lot of different editing platforms ...

    May 12, 2015

  • Review: RTW Loudness Tools
    Review: RTW Loudness Tools

    I first learned to cook out of necessity to feed myself. I got the job done with whatever tools I had handed down from my parents, and as I got more experience, the food tasted better. Years later, I ...

    May 7, 2015

Features

Web Exclusives

  • 'Poltergeist': The Dub Stage mixes paranormal feature
    'Poltergeist': The Dub Stage mixes paranormal feature

    BURBANK, CA — The Dub Stage (www.thedubstage.com) provided mixing services for the new Poltergeist film from 20th Century Fox, which opened in theaters on May 22nd. The film was directed by Gil Kenan ...

    May 27, 2015

  • Director's Chair: Henry Hobson — 'Maggie'
    Director's Chair: Henry Hobson — 'Maggie'

    Director Henry Hobson recently completed work on his first feature: Maggie, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world where vegetation has died, e ...

    May 8, 2015

  • Dolby Audio: Offering a new sound experience for mobile games
    Dolby Audio: Offering a new sound experience for mobile games

    Most new Android devices are already equipped with Dolby Audio (www.dolby.com) (supporting Dolby Digital Plus), and Android game developers can take advantage of those built-in Dolby audio-processing ...

    May 6, 2015

  • Edit This!: Universal's 'Pitch Perfect 2'
    Edit This!: Universal's 'Pitch Perfect 2'

    It’s been three years since the Barden Bellas a cappella’d their way to championship status in Universal’s 2012 surprise hit, Pitch Perfect. With a film that grossed more than $64M at the box office a ...

    May 18, 2015

  • Prime Focus World handles stereo conversion for 'Avengers'
    Prime Focus World handles stereo conversion for 'Avengers'

    In the May issue of Post magazine, and here online, we are offering readers extensive coverage of the VFX and previs/post work studios such as ILM, Trixter and The Third Floor completed for the summer ...

    May 7, 2015

  • Primetime: Fox's 'Wayward Pines'
    Primetime: Fox's 'Wayward Pines'

    LOS ANGELES — Fox’s new 10-episode series Wayward Pines saw its broadcast debut on May 14th, but viewers that downloaded the “Fox Now” app were able to watch the entire episode online two weeks earlie ...

    May 15, 2015

  • VFX: 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
    VFX: 'Mad Max: Fury Road'

    SYDNEY — Mad Max: Fury Road, the new feature from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, marks the return of director George Miller, who created the original and hugely-popular Mad Max/R ...

    May 29, 2015

  • VFX: Cinesite shakes things up for 'San Andreas'
    VFX: Cinesite shakes things up for 'San Andreas'

    Last summer, Into The Storm followed a series of tornadoes as they wreaked havoc across the town of Silverton, OK. This summer, Warner Bros. Pictures takes on the disaster film genre with director Bra ...

    June 1, 2015

Reviews

  • Review: Editors Keys' Avid Media Composer Dedicated Backlit PC Keyboard
    Review: Editors Keys' Avid Media Composer Dedicated Backlit PC Keyboard

    I first heard about this keyboard as a Kickstarter-funded venture and it seemed pretty cool. Editors Keys is a company dedicated to providing quality keyboards for a lot of different editing platforms ...

    May 12, 2015

  • Review: RTW Loudness Tools
    Review: RTW Loudness Tools

    I first learned to cook out of necessity to feed myself. I got the job done with whatever tools I had handed down from my parents, and as I got more experience, the food tasted better. Years later, I ...

    May 7, 2015