July 1, 2015

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    July 1, 2015
    In this issue:

    - VFX For Summer Movies: Pixels, Terminator Genisys, Jurassic World and more!
    - Director's Chair: Chris McQuarrie - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
    - Audio for Web Comedies
    - Primetime: Starz's Outlander
    - Review: Maxon Cinema 4D Studio R16
    ...and much more

Departments

  • Director's Chair: Chris McQuarrie — 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'
    Director's Chair: Chris McQuarrie — 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'

    Writer/director/producer Chris McQuarrie got his start with his acclaimed script for The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer, which won him an Oscar. In 2000 he made his directorial debut with Th ...

    July 27, 2015

  • Emerging Technologies: Interoperable Master Format (IMF)
    Emerging Technologies: Interoperable Master Format (IMF)

    It doesn’t seem all that long ago that “nonlinear file-based workflows” was all the buzz as the industry transitioned from traditional tape to more general purpose computer style storage, filing syste ...

    July 3, 2015

  • Primetime: Starz's 'Outlander'
    Primetime: Starz's 'Outlander'

    In Starz's original series, Outlander, 18th century Scotland is alive and well — and looking better than ever. With its expansive highlands, authentic Scottish castles, and lush valleys wrapped in a t ...

    July 6, 2015

  • Review: Maxon Cinema 4D Studio R16
    Review: Maxon Cinema 4D Studio R16

    I’m relatively new to the world of 3D. If you read my review of Maxon’s Cinema 4D Studio R15 a year back, then you know that’s where I dove in full force. And that’s what people do, right? Read consec ...

    July 3, 2015

  • Stereo 3D: 'Ant-Man'
    Stereo 3D: 'Ant-Man'

    The Marvel Cinematic Universe just keeps growing. The studio’s latest offering, Ant-Man, marks the 12th release in Marvel Studios' highly successful film franchise. Directed by Peyton Reed and featuri ...

    July 20, 2015

Features

  • Summer Movies: 'Jurassic World'
    Summer Movies: 'Jurassic World'

    At the Jurassic World theme park, the main attraction — the dinosaurs — became, well, too common and failed to elicit the excitement they once did. The Jurassic World filmmakers had the same challenge ...

    July 3, 2015

  • Summer Movies: 'Pixels'
    Summer Movies: 'Pixels'

    In Columbia Pictures’ new comedy Pixels, directed by Chris Columbus (his first major feature in five years), aliens misinterpret US video feeds of 1980s classic arcade games as the Earth’s declaration ...

    July 24, 2015

  • Summer Movies: 'San Andreas'
    Summer Movies: 'San Andreas'

    Earlier this summer, Warner Bros. Pictures took on the disaster film genre with director Brad Peyton’s San Andreas, starring Dwayne Johnson. Shaking up the box office early on, the film grossed more t ...

    July 3, 2015

  • Summer Movies: 'Terminator Genisys'
    Summer Movies: 'Terminator Genisys'

    MPC Film (www.moving-picture.com) spent a year producing visual effects for the new Terminator Genisys film, but the studio’s involvement dates back even further. MPC and its VFX supervisor Gary Broze ...

    July 3, 2015

Web Exclusives

Reviews

  • Review: Maxon Cinema 4D Studio R16
    Review: Maxon Cinema 4D Studio R16

    I’m relatively new to the world of 3D. If you read my review of Maxon’s Cinema 4D Studio R15 a year back, then you know that’s where I dove in full force. And that’s what people do, right? Read consec ...

    July 3, 2015