TECHNICALLY THEY ARE OSCARS.Byline: Evan Henerson Staff Writer There would be no ``Lord of the Rings'' without motion capture. Take away the digital noise suppressors used to clean up the background sounds of classic Disney films, and your treasured copy of ``Bambi'' wouldn't sound nearly as clean. There's a complicated and highly technical process by which the noise removal is made possible, but as honoree Steven E. Boze said Saturday night during the 75th annual Oscars Scientific and Technical Awards, ``All you really need to know is that it makes it sound better.'' ``The words are coming out of my mouth,'' added presenter Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation and , ``but I'm just not processing it.'' About two weeks before the awards show itself, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored several members of the motion picture industry's science and engineering community. The Sci-Tech Oscars presentation Saturday at the Ritz Carlton hotel Carlton Hotel can refer to:
Three developers of motion capture technology - the computerizing transfer of human movements to create creatures like ``LOTR's'' Gollum - received certificates, while the developers of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane received two separate awards as well. Oscar statuettes went to Horst Burbulla, who invented the Technocrane camera crane; to the developers of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production; and to Takuo Miyagishima, winner of the Gordon E. Sawyer Award The Gordon E. Sawyer Award is an accolade given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry. for lifetime achievement. Here is the complete list of winners: Greg Cannom Greg Cannom is a Hollywood special makeup effects artist. Cannom has been nominated for eight Academy Awards[1] and has won three times.[2] He has also been nominated for seven Saturn Awards and received one. and Wesley Wofford, for the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup appliances. Jerry Cotts and Anthony Seaman, for the design and engineering of the Satellight-X HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. Softlight. Steven E. Boze, for the design and implementation of the DNF DNF - disjunctive normal form 001 multiband digital audio noise suppressor sup·pres·sor n. 1. or sup·press·er One that suppresses: a suppressor of free speech. 2. A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene, especially of a mutant gene. . Dr. Christopher Hicks and Dave Betts for the design of the Cedar DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the 1000 multiband digital noise suppressor. Nelson Tyler, for the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stabilizing device for motion picture photography motion picture photography or cinematography, photographic arts and techniques involved in making motion pictures. See also photography, still. . Dr. Julian Morris, Michael Birch, Dr. Paul Smyth and Paul Tate for the development of the Vicon motion capture technology. Dr. John O.B. Greaves greaves cracklings, an edible raw fat from the meat trade. The skimmings from the preparation of this fat are also called greaves. They represent a low grade of meat meal. , Ned Phipps, Antonie J. van den Bogert and William Hayes for the development of Motion Analysis motion capture technology. Dr. Nels Madsen, Vaughn Cato, Matthew Madden and Bill Lorton for the development of the Giant Studios motion capture technology. Alan Kapler, for the design and development of ``Storm,'' a software tool kit for artistic control of volumetric volumetric /vol·u·met·ric/ (vol?u-met´rik) pertaining to or accompanied by measurement in volumes. vol·u·met·ric adj. Of or relating to measurement by volume. effects. Gyula Mester and Keith Edwards for the contributions to and development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane. Lindsay Arnold, Guy Griffiths, David Hodson, Charlie Lawrence and David Mann, for the development of the Cineon Digital Film Workstation. Arthur Widmer, for lifetime achievement in science and technology of image compositing for motion pictures. Horst Burbulla, for the invention and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane. Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson, for the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production. Takuo Miyagishima, for a lifetime of technological contributions to the industry. Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lifetime achievement winner Takuo Miyagishima, left, chats with presenter Scarlett Johansson as fellow lifetime achievement winner Arthur Widmer looks on at Saturday's Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony in Pasadena. Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press |
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