Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Kodak Wins Another Academy Sci-Tech Award

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 01-27-2004, 01:56 PM:

Academy 2003 Sci-Tech Award Winners

Date Correction of 2003 Awards Ceremony Date to February 14

Happy to say I worked in applying this technology to print film, and with the people receiving the award:

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To Kenneth L. Tingler, Charles C. Anderson, Diane E. Kestner, and Brian A. Schell of the Eastman Kodak Company, for the successful development of a process-surviving antistatic layer technology for motion picture film.

This technology successfully controls the static charge buildup on processed intermediate and sound negative films during high-speed printing operations.

Kinoton wins one too!:

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To Kinoton GmbH for the engineering and development of the
Kinoton FP 30/38 EC II Studio Projector.

This high-speed studio projector produces an image quality equal to projectors with Geneva movements. With its unparalled shuttle speed, reversibility and acceleration this projector has set a new standard for post-production viewing as well as in traditional screening facilities.

And technology used in LOTR:

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To Stephen Regelous for the design and development of Massive, the autonomous agent animation system used for the battle sequences in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Massive takes a new approach in simulating behaviors of large numbers of computer generated extras (a.k.a.) "agents." Each "agent" contains a primitive software "brain" used to develop behavioral rules simulating a wide range of behaviors. In "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy,over 200,000 agents were controlled in several scenes.

Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 01-27-2004, 08:09 PM:

So when is Brad going to get his WELL DESERVED techie-Oscar® for the development of FilmGuard and the anti-thrown-print device????

How does one suggest to the Academy that someone like Brad be considered?

-Aaron

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-27-2004, 08:48 PM:

Congrats to Kodak, and John, for another GREAT innovation that has been "officially" recognized!

Aaron! That's is a great observation/idea!

Brad should just get off his dead ass and submit it to the Tech Committee with back-up documentation... I'm sure they would consider it.

If there is some issue, I could put a good/bad word in for him as required depending on how much he is willing to "compensate/pay" me. [Razz]

>>> Phil

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-27-2004, 10:48 PM:

Congrats John and Kodak!

C'mon, Brad! The whole reason you invented Filmguard in the first place was to win awards! Now's your chance. And you did it without corporate financing. C'MON!

Posted by John Hawkinson (Member # 1135) on 01-29-2004, 12:08 AM:

Aaron asks, "How does one suggest to the Academy that someone like Brad be considered?"

Every year the Academy solicits nominations for the Sci-Tech awards. For 2003, their press release came out in late July with a deadline of 1 August and an e-mail address for submissions.

Presumably if you want something for next year's Academy Awards, you could submit it now, or could talk to the chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards committee.

Also, the structure might change a bit, since the Academy created the Science and Technology Council (not the same as the Sci-Tech Awards committee) in September. So it's probably best to ask. I'd wait until after this year's Oscars are over, though, since the impression I have is that everyone at AMPAS is really busy around this time of year, doubly so with the Oscars being early.

--jhawk