Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer – CITIZEN KANE Screening
"Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer," will explore the work of special effects artist Linwood Dunn (above, lower photo), including the techniques he used in creating optical effects for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, on Friday, October 9, at 8 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ appropriately named Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. A newly struck print of Citizen Kane from the Academy Film Archive will be screened. This event is sold out, but standby tickets may become available.
Presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council, "Linwood Dunn" will be hosted by Oscar-winning visual effects artist and Academy governor Craig Barron. The evening will also [...]
by Andre Soares | October 2, 2009
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Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in GUNGA DIN Screening
George Stevens‘ rousingly politically incorrect — and for the most part much admired — action-adventure tale Gunga Din will have a special screening on Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Prior to the film, Oscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron will discuss the sound and visual effects used in this 1939 classic starring Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen.
Gunga Din will also will be presented in New York City on Monday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater.
Written by Joel Sayre and Fred Guiol, from a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, which [...]
by Andre Soares | June 10, 2009
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Fantastic Reality: The Magic and Mystery of Movie Matte Painting
Forbidden Planet (top); Spartacus (bottom)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Science and Technology Council will showcase the art of matte painting on Monday, December 10, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
As per the Academy’s press release, "Fantastic Reality: The Magic and Mystery of Movie Matte Painting," hosted by Oscar nominee and Academy Visual Effects Branch governor Craig Barron, "will explore the long history of the traditional method of creating ‘virtual sets,’ in which oil paints are brushed and daubed onto a few square feet of glass or wood to be composited later with live action footage. The recent transition into the new frontiers of software and pixels will also be examined."
In conjunction with [...]
