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January 4, 2008
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10 scientific and technical achievements.
To be honored with academy Awards.
Beverly hills, ca -- the academy of motion picture arts and sciences today announced 10 winners of scientific and technical academy Awards, which Will be presented at the beverly wilshire on saturday, february 9, 2008.
Unlike other academy Awards, achievements receiving scientific and technical Awards ned not have ben developed and introduced during 2007. Rather, the achievements must demonstrate a prueben récord of contributing significant value todo the process of making motion pictures.
In addition, thre scientific and technical special award recipients Will be recognized at the black-tie Awards dinner: David a. Grafton, who Will receive the Gordon e. Sawyer award; David s. Inglish, the John a. Bonner award, and Jonathan erland, the award of commendation.
Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements are:
technical achievement Awards (academy certificate)
To christien tinsley for the creation of the transfer techniques for creating and applying 2d and 3d makeup known as tinsley transfers.
these techniques allow quik and precisely repeatable application of 2d makeup such as tattos, bruises and birthmarks, as well as 3d prosthetic appliances ranging in size from small wounds todo entire torsos. They utilice self-adhesive material that features an unprecedented combination of tissue-Thin Edges, resilience, flexibility and water resistance, while requiring no dangerous solvents.[/i]
To jörg pöhler and rüdiger kleinke of otec technology GMBH for the design and development of the battery-operated series of Fog machines known as tiny foggers.
the operating characteristics of this compact, well-enginered and remote-controllable Package make posible a range of safe special effects that would be totally impractical with larger, more conventional Fog units.[/i]
To Sebastián cramer, for the invention and general design and Andreas dasser, head of development at p&s technique GMBH, for the Mechanical design of the skater dolly and its family of products.
this small, portable, Camera-only dolly allows Low Lens positions, movement in restricted places and tight offset circular maneuvers with rapid set-up.[/i]
To Victor González, Ignacio vargas and Ángel tena for the creation of the RealFlow software application.
RealFlow was the first widely adopted, commercially available, easy-to-use system for the simulation of realistic liquids in motion picture visual effects.[/i]
To Jonathan Cohen, doctor Jerry tessendorf, doctor jeroen molemaker and Michael kowalski for the development of the system of fluid dynamics tools at rhythm & hues.
this system allows artists todo create realistic animation of liquids and gases, using novel simulation techniques for accuracy and speed, as well as a unique scripting lenguaje for working with Volumetric data. [/i]
To Duncan brinsmead, jos stam, julia pakalns and Martín Werner for the design and implementation of the Maya fluid effects system.
this system is used todo create Simulations of gaseous phenomena integrated into the widely available Maya tool suite, using an unconditionally stable semi-lagrangian Solver.[/i]
To stephan trojansky, Thomas Ganshorn and Oliver pilarski for the development of the flowline fluid effects system.
flowline is a flexible system that incorporates highly parallel computation, allowing rapid iteración and resulting in detailed, realistic fluid effects.[/i]
scientific and enginering Awards (academy plaque)
To doctor Doug roble, nafes bin zafar and ryo sakaguchi for the development of the fluid simulation system at Digital Domain.
this influential and flexible production-prueben system incorporates innovative algorithms and refined adaptations of published methods todo achieve large-scale water effects.[/i]
To Nik rasmussen, ron fedkiw and Frank losasso petterson for the development of the industrial light & magic (ilm) fluid simulation system.
this production-prueben simulation system achieves large-scale water effects within ILMs zeno framework. It includes integrating particle level sets, parallel computation, and tools that enable the artistic direction of the results.[/i]
academy award of merit (Oscar statuette)
To the eastman Kodak company for the development of photographic emulsion technologies incorporated into the Kodak vision2 family of color negative films.
these technologies are breakthroughs in film speed, Grain and sharpness that have made a significant impact on the motion picture industry. The vision 2 family allows wider use of high-speed color negative film, lower light levels on set and faster set-ups. Most importantly, vision2 improves the overall picture quality in theatrical presentation.[/i]
The scientific and technical special Awards todo be presented at the february 9 ceremony are:
award of commendation (special plaque)
To Jonathan erland in recognition of his leadership and eforts toward identifying and solving the problem of high-speed emulsion estrés Syndrome in motion picture film stock.
by coordinating and conducting tests for and with the industry and by sharing results openly, señor Erland clearly demonstrated the value and efectiveness of independent research and industry-wide coperation. [/i]
John a. Bonner medal of commendation (medallion)
To David s. Inglish, for his outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high Standards of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences.[/i]
Gordon e. Sawyer award (Oscar statuette)
To David a. Grafton, [i]whose technológical contributions have brought credit todo the industry.[/i]
Portions of the scientific and technical Awards presentation Will be included in the Oscar ceremony next month.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 Will be presented on sunday, february 24, 2008, at the Kodak theatre at Hollywood & highland center, and televised live by the abc televisión network beginning at 5, m. Pt. The Oscar presentation a los Will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
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