"Cam Film Festival" First Annual Live Awards Show Tonight.SAN FRANCISCO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 26, 1999-- A one-hour live awards ceremony announcing the winners of the first annual "Cam Film Festival" airs tonight on cable channel ZDTV ZDTV Ziff Davis Television at 6 p.m. PDT/9 p.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT (8 p.m. Central) and simultaneously on ZDTV.com. The culmination of the week-long film festival will showcase the best of more than 200 two-minute digital films and videos received from professionals and amateurs around the country. The public, by screening entries and voting on ZDTV.com, has chosen the winners in the five categories; Special Effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , Humor, Real Moments (Nonfiction), Short Stories (Fiction), and Best Business Presentation. During tonight's ceremony these winners will be announced, and a panel of digital and documentary filmmakers will select an overall winner for Best of Show. Web users will be in the audience via The ZDTV Chat Palace, which will be transformed into an online auditorium complete with stage, klieg lights, and plush velvet seats. As befits an awards ceremony, Web participants' avatars (little on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. characters representing each chatter) will be dressed in black tie. The ZDTV Chat Palace uses software developed by Communities.com to generate a visually rich media environment. The awards will be presented by the hosts of ZDTV's shows, including John C. Dvorak John Charles Dvorak [1] (born 1952 in Los Angeles, California) is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a mainstay of a variety of magazines. , Michaela Pereira, and Jim Louderback, who, like the avatars, will also be attired more elegantly than their normal "geek A technically oriented person. It has typically implied a "nerdy" or "weird" personality, someone with limited social skills who likes to tinker with scientific or high-tech projects. The origin of the term dates back to the late 1800s. wear" fare. The Screen Savers stars Kate Botello and Leo Laporte will host the ceremony. The winners of each category and the Best of Show will receive the makings of a desktop video editing system for the PC, including a Broadway Pro video capture card See video capture board. from Data Translation, VideoWave II, and PhotoSuite II software from MGI MGI Mouse Genome Informatics MGI Modular Gateway Interface MGI McKinsey Global Institute MGI Military Geographic Information MGI Marine Geological Institute MGI Policy on the Management of Government Information (Canada) Software, a SR9 Pro Graphics Accelerator from Number Nine Visual Technology, and Pinnacle Systems' DC1000 Next Generation MPEG-2 Digital Video Editing Solution. ZDTV is a 24-hour cable television channel about computing, technology, and the Internet. The channel appeals to a wide range of viewers from the computer novice to the technology expert. Produced in its digital state-of-the-art studios in San Francisco, ZDTV's programming ranges from daily industry news to insightful features on emerging technologies. Specific shows include Internet Tonight, The Money Machine, ZDTV News, Call For Help, GameSpot TV, The Screen Savers, Fresh Gear, Big Thinkers, Computer Shopper, and Silicon Spin. As an integrated Web site to ZDTV, ZDTV.com enhances the television channel by providing dynamic, interactive programming that invites audience participation through the Internet. ZDTV, an affiliate of Ziff-Davis, is one-third owned by Vulcan Ventures. |
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