American Cinematographer - May 2008 - (Page 67)

SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARDS (Academy Plaques) These honors are presented for achievements that exhibit a high level of engineering and are important to the progress of the industry. Plaques were presented to: Doug Roble, Nafees Bin Zafar and Ryo Sakaguchi for the development of the fluid-simulation system at Digital Domain. This influential, flexible system incorporates innovative algorithms and refined adaptations of published methods to achieve large-scale water effects. Nick Rasmussen, Ron Fedkiw and Frank Losasso Petterson for the development of the ILM fluid-simulation system. This system achieves large-scale water effects within ILM’s Zeno framework. It includes integrating particle level sets, parallel computation, and tools that enable the artistic direction of the results. TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (Academy Certificates) These honors are presented for accomplishments that contribute to the progress of the industry. This year’s awards went to: Christien Tinsley for the creation of the transfer techniques for creating and applying 2-D and 3-D makeup known as “Tinsley Transfers.” These techniques allow quick and precisely repeatable application of makeup such as tattoos, bruises and birthmarks, as well as prosthetic appliances ranging in size from small wounds to entire torsos. They utilize self-adhesive material that features a combination of tissuethin edges, resilience, flexibility and water resistance and requires no dangerous solvents. Jörg Pöhler and Rüdiger Kleinke of Ottec 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, remote-controllable package make possible a range of safe special effects that would be impractical with larger, more conventional fog units. Sebastian Cramer (for the invention and general design) and Andreas Dasser (for the mechanical design) for the P&S Technik 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 setup. Victor Gonzalez, Ignacio Vargas and Angel Tena for the creation of the RealFlow software application. RealFlow was the first widely adopted, commercially available system for the simulation of realistic liquids in motion-picture visual effects. Jonathan Cohen, Jerry Tessendorf, Jeroen Molemaker and Michael Kowalski for the development of the system of fluid dynamics tools at Rhythm & Hues. This system allows artists to create realistic animation of liquids and gases using novel simulation techniques for accuracy and speed, as well as a unique scripting language for working with volumetric data. Duncan Brinsmead, Jos Stam, Julia Pakalns and Martin Werner for the design and implementation of the Maya Fluid Effects system. This system is used to create simulations of gaseous phenomena integrated into the Maya tool suite using an unconditionally stable semi-Lagrangian solver. 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 iteration and resulting in detailed, realistic fluid effects. I 67 http://www.theasc.com http://www.theasc.com

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - May 2008

American Cinematographer - May 2008 Contents Editor’s Note Global Village: The Fall Short Takes: ASC Laszlo Kovacs Short Takes: Heritage Award Winners Production Slate: Anamorph Production Slate: Fugitive Pieces Heavy-Metal Hero A Need for Speed Kink and the City Beautiful Minds A Hollywood Homecoming Post Focus: Paramount Restores The Godfather Filmmakers’ Forum: Levie Isaacks, ASC Teaches Marines to Shoot Movies New Products & Services International Marketplace Classified Ads Ad Index Clubhouse News ASC Close-Up: Antonio Calvache

American Cinematographer - May 2008

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.