Cinefex Magazine, the longtime behind-the-scenes movie-making magazine, announced today that its August issue will focus on STAR TREK BEYOND and the impressive visual effects in the new feature.

In addition, Cinefex has provided TrekCore an excerpt from their new BEYOND feature, from writer Graham Edwards:

Known for his action-heavy series of Fast and Furi­ous films, [director] Justin Lin was keen to bring a gritty sensibility to the space-going saga. “The technology has evolved to the point where film, videogames, and animation are all kind of morphing together,” commented Lin. “As a viewer, I feel like humanity is being slowly drained out of the aesthetic. I felt it was appropriate in this film to try to bring that back.” Lin planned visual effects sequences from the perspective of a second unit director, who might choose to cover action scenes with a large number of relatively low-quality cameras. “We had a lot of crazy conversations,” Lin recalled, “talking about it as if we were actually prepping to go shoot in space.” Directing the second unit was Alex Vegh, who also supervised previs and postvis, managing artists from Proof, Inc. and an in-house team.

You can pick up a copy of this new release for just $12.50 shipped (in the USA).