September 8, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Teni Melidonian – (310) 247-3000
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17 Scientific Achievements in
Competition for 78th Academy Awards®
Beverly Hills, CA — The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that seventeen scientific and technical achievements have been selected for 78th Academy Awards consideration.
"This list of achievements is announced to allow individuals and companies with similar technology or claims of prior art the opportunity to submit their technology for review," said Scientific and Technical Awards Committee Chair Richard Edlund.
The deadline to submit additional entries is Thursday, September 22.
The committee has selected the following methods or devices for consideration:
Sparrow Head; Doggicam Systems
High Speed Pneumatic Accelerator; Jeff Haberstad
Precision Stunt Airbag; Precision Stunt Safety Specialists
Telescoping Scissor Camera Crane; Filmotechnic
Gyrostabilized Autorobot/Russian Arm Camera Crane; Filmotechnic
Traveling Cascade Camera Crane; Filmotechnic
Cablecam’s Multi-Axis Systems; Cablecam International, Inc.
Syflex—The Cloth Simulator; Syflex, LLC
Cloth Simulation for Film; Pixar Animation Studios
ILM: Image-Based Modeling; Industrial Light & Magic
Ambient Environment Lighting; Industrial Light & Magic
Subdivision Surfaces in Motion Picture Production; Pixar Animation Studios
Rosetta Separations—Digital YCM Masters for Digital Film Preservation; Pacific Title and Art Studio
Realtime Answer Print System; Technicolor
HFC Brumagic MPST Densitometer; Hollywood Film Company
Cinelux Premiere Cinema Projection Lenses; Schneider Optics, Inc.
Aerohead Remote Camera Head and J-Viz Pre-Visualization System; Aerohead LLC
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A demonstration of selected achievements will be conducted on Tuesday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study.
According to Awards Administration Director Rich Miller, the committee will meet on Wednesday, December 7, to vote on recommendations to the Academy's Board of Governors, which will make final awards decisions.
The Scientific and Technical Awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 18, 2006.
For more information, please contact Miller's office at (310) 247-3000 ext. 129; by fax at (310) 859-9619; or by email at scitech@oscars.org.
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