Composite Components supplied traveling matte backing materials to all three of the Academy Award® nominees for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for 1998 - check out our screen credit on the winning film "What Dreams May Come!"
Eastman Kodak has released a Kodak SFX 200T, a new special puropose film "designed for the most challenging digital compositing applications." Jonathan Erland participated in the development process which is described in this Kodak press release.
Composite Components was mentioned in two articles in the November, 1997, issue of The American Cinematographer - those on Alien Resurrection and Starship Troopers. Watch for the March edition of Cinefex - also has articles on Alien Resurrection and Starship Troopers that describe our products and services.
The following is excerpted from the
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - An Oscar® statuette and 12 other awards will be presented for scientific and technical achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 69th Academy Awards, Academy President Arthur Hiller announced today. The awards were voted by the Academy's Board of Governors, based upon recommendations from the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee, chaired by Edmund M. DiGiulio. Awards will be presented this year on Saturday evening, March 1, 1997, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Scientific and Technical Awards are given for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures and that also have a proven history of use in the motion picture industry. Awards may be granted in any of three classifications: Academy Award of Merit (Oscar statuette), for basic achievements that have a definite influence upon the advancement of the industry; Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy plaque), for those achievements that exhibit a high level of engineering and are important to the progress of the industry; and Technical Achievement Award (Academy certificate), for those accomplishments that contribute to the progress of the industry. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARDS To Jonathan Erland and Kay Beving Erland for the development of the Digital Series Traveling Matte Backing System used for composite photography in motion pictures. This system reduces both the time and expense of shooting and posting composite photography. The spectral reflectance of the backing material, paint formulation, and the spectral transmission of the fluorescent lamps match the peak sensitivity of the recommended camera film.
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