73rd ceremony (2000) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Special Photographic

This component of the Manex Visual Effects Virtual Cinematography System provides theatrical-quality virtual settings.

73rd ceremony (2000) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Laboratory

The LAD system has become the standard method used by film laboratories and digital film recording facilities for the effecient and uniform control of color and exposure in camera negatives, interpositives and duplicate negatives.

73rd ceremony (2000) AWARD OF COMMENDATION
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The adoption of the TASA loudness standard has led directly to better sound in the cinema for trailers and features alike.

72nd ceremony (1999) MUSIC (Original Song)

Tarzan

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You'll Be In My Heart

72nd ceremony (1999) IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
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72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Stage Operations

The Libra III head can accept a range of film cameras and their lenses and allows the operator to add stabilization to each axis for medium focal length lenses. Motion capture and playback are also selectable features.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Camera

The quiet Moviecam Superlight is an extremely small and light 35mm professional motion picture sound camera which allows the cinematographer to film in ways and situations that were never before possible.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Camera

This unique and versatile viewfinder with two independent viewing positions provides a very high-resolution video assist image, greatly enhancing its application for on-set compositing or non-linear editing.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Sound

This console allows the user multi-position mixing capabilities, stem routing predub inputs and other filmcentric attributes. This is the first fully digital audio mixing console specifically designed for post-production film mixing.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Lenses and Filters

These state-of-the-art fixed focal length 35mm lenses are the result of intense efforts to meet industry requirements in several areas. Providing superior performance in several cinematographic aspects, these lenses include a unique linear focus system.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Projection

The impact of the Electro-formed Metal Reflector over the decades has completely changed the presentation side of the motion picture industry allowing the replacement of the carbon arc light source and the implementation of automated projection systems.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Projection

These radically new motion picture film projectors provide superior print handling, image steadiness, screen illumination and enhanced viewer experience by means of an extremely simple air-driven mechanical transport system.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Lenses and Filters

Materials of uniform color characteristics are implanted between layers of optical glass and bonded together under extremes of heat and pressure. The outer surfaces are ground and polished to specified close tolerances, free of distortion and resistant to changes in temperature or humidity, then bound with a protective metal ring.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Sound

Designed to eliminate physical acoustical rumble and to mask a microphone's high sensitivity to wind and other unwanted noises, the lightweight and rugged Rycote Microphone Windshields accomplish these tasks without altering or impairing the original frequency response of the microphone.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Sound

Designed to eliminate physical acoustical rumble and to cover a microphone's high sensitivity to wind and other unwanted noises, the Light Wave Systems line of shock mounts and windscreens accomplish these tasks without altering or impairing the original frequency response of the microphone.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Lenses and Filters

The ELM Filters enable a laboratory to achieve additive printer contrast and color reproduction using a subtractive lamphouse.

72nd ceremony (1999) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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Laboratory

The elimination of the \"red fringe\" artifact in traveling matte composite photography obviates expensive additional computerized image processing thus reducing the time involved in producing a seamless and convincing composite shot.