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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Science and Technology Council</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/science-and-technology-council/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>STAR TREK and &quot;Previs&quot; at the Academy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-trek-previs-damon-lindelof/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-trek-previs-damon-lindelof/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:10:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25530</guid> <description><![CDATA[“Visualize This: Previs in the Making of Star Trek,” will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technology Council on Thursday, November 18, at 8 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The program will explore the previsualization (previs) process in the digital age. Writer-producer Damon Lindelof will use sequences from the J. J. Abrams' Star Trek [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-trek-previs-damon-lindelof/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Barron, Oscar-Winning Sound Editor Ben Burtt at TARZAN FINDS A MATE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/craig-barron-ben-burtt-photo/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/craig-barron-ben-burtt-photo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:44:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25389</guid> <description><![CDATA[Visual effects supervisor Craig Barron (left, Alice in Wonderland, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Oscar-winning sound editor Ben Burtt (E.T., Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, WALL-E) at a screening of both Cedric Gibbons' Tarzan and His Mate (1934) and Richard Thorpe's Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939), presented by the Academy's Science and Technology Council on Sunday, October 24, at the Academy’s Linwood [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/craig-barron-ben-burtt-photo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Caleb Deschanel, Craig Barron, Randal Kleiser Join Academy&#039;s Science and Technology Council</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caleb-deschanel-randal-kleiser-science-and-technology-council/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caleb-deschanel-randal-kleiser-science-and-technology-council/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:49:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25386</guid> <description><![CDATA[Craig Barron, Lisa Zeno Churgin (right), Caleb Deschanel (above), Randal Kleiser and Alex McDowell have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The information below is from the Academy's press release: Lisa Zeno Churgin, an Academy Award-nominated editor for The Cider House Rules, has edited more than 20 features, including Reality Bites, Gattaca, House [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caleb-deschanel-randal-kleiser-science-and-technology-council/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>3D Movie Technology at the Academy: &quot;Getting  Perspective III&quot; Panel Series</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/3d-movie-technology-academy-getting-perspective/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/3d-movie-technology-academy-getting-perspective/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:47:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24525</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar Movies in 3D were a sensation back in the early 1950s: Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954); Bwana Devil (1952) with Robert Stack; and House of Wax (1953) with Vincent Price under the direction of Andre De Toth, who had only one eye and thus could not get the 3D effect. Movies in 3D are back in vogue, thanks in large [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/3d-movie-technology-academy-getting-perspective/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Caleb Deschanel, Michael Wilkinson, Daryn Okada Photo: &quot;Illuminating the Future&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caleb-deschanel-michael-wilkinson-daryn-okada-photo/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caleb-deschanel-michael-wilkinson-daryn-okada-photo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24396</guid> <description><![CDATA[Visual effects supervisor Bill Taylor, visual effects artist Jonathan Erland, cinematographer Daryn Okada (Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Mean Girls, Baby Mama), Oscar-nominated production designer Arthur Max (Gladiator, Robin Hood), set decorator Rosemary Brandenburg (Transformers, Public Enemies), Oscar-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel (The Right Stuff, The Passion of the Christ, The Black Stallion), costume designer Michael Wilkinson (Terminator Salvation, TRON Legacy) and make-up artist Robert Ryan (The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caleb-deschanel-michael-wilkinson-daryn-okada-photo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Illuminating the Future: The Arrival of Solid State Lighting</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illuminating-the-future-the-arrival-of-solid-state-lighting/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illuminating-the-future-the-arrival-of-solid-state-lighting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 23:27:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24224</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will explore preliminary research findings and demonstrate how the new technology of &#34;solid state light&#34; (SSL) may transform the color palette of filmmaking in &#34;Illuminating the Future: The Arrival of Solid State Lighting&#34; on Saturday, May 22, at 11 a.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Hosted by cinematographer Daryn Okada (Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illuminating-the-future-the-arrival-of-solid-state-lighting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Academy’s Science and Technology Council Gets New Members</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/academy-science-and-technology-council-new-members-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/academy-science-and-technology-council-new-members-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:08:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18802</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Thad Beier, Elizabeth Cohen, Don Hall and Jim Houston have accepted invitations to join the Academy’s Science and Technology Council. From the Academy's press release: Beier, the head of CG at Digital Domain, was awarded an Academy Technical Achievement Award (shared) in 1998 for the design and implementation of the ras_track tracking software, a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/academy-science-and-technology-council-new-members-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Real Horrorshow! Event Photos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/real-horrorshow-event-photos/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/real-horrorshow-event-photos/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:25:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18290</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;The Sound Behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!,&#34; presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technology Council, which focused on the role of sound in horror films from its beginning through the digital age, took place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Thursday, October 29, 2009. Pictured above at the reception before the event: (seated left to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/real-horrorshow-event-photos/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Sound behind the Image III:  Real Horrorshow</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/horror-movies-sound-effects/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/horror-movies-sound-effects/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17697</guid> <description><![CDATA[Forbidden Planet lobby card (top); Lon Chaney in the 1925 version of Phantom of the Opera (middle); Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project (bottom) &#34;The Sound behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!&#34; sounds like an ideal pre-Halloween night out for horror movie fans. An Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presentation, &#34;The Sound behind the Image III&#34; will explore the art and technology [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/horror-movies-sound-effects/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer &#8211; CITIZEN KANE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:51:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16909</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer,&#34; 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Behind the Motion Picture Canvas: MANHATTAN, THE BLACK STALLION Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/manhattan-behind-the-motion-picture-canvas/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/manhattan-behind-the-motion-picture-canvas/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:58:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15590</guid> <description><![CDATA[Woody Allen, Diane Keaton in Manhattan Newly struck prints of Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979) and Carroll Ballard's The Black Stallion (1979) will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' presentation “Behind the Motion Picture Canvas: Film Formats through the 21st Century,” which will trace the history and evolution of motion picture formats from the silent era through the current [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/manhattan-behind-the-motion-picture-canvas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Adam Beckett Salute</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/animation/adam-beckett-salute/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/animation/adam-beckett-salute/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14778</guid> <description><![CDATA[Animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the special program “Infinite Animation: The Work of Adam Beckett” on Monday, August 17, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The evening will include a screening of Life in the Atom, a short film that Beckett left unfinished when, at the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/animation/adam-beckett-salute/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>When Worlds Collide: The Science of Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/when-worlds-collide-the-science-of-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/when-worlds-collide-the-science-of-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:20:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14694</guid> <description><![CDATA[Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (top); Tobey Maguire in Spider Man 3 (bottom) &#34;When Worlds Collide: The Science of Movies&#34; is the title of the Academy's Science and Technology Council's program about the physics behind some of Hollywood’s best-known action and science-fiction scenes. &#34;When Worlds Collide&#34; will be presented on Thursday, August 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/when-worlds-collide-the-science-of-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE ABYSS Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/the-abyss-james-cameron/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/the-abyss-james-cameron/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:13:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13191</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Abyss, the costly, special-effect-laden, deep-sea adventure drama about underwater aliens and a bickering married couple, will be screened at a special 20th anniversary event by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. This Academy screening will premiere a newly struck 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive. Considering that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/the-abyss-james-cameron/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fantastic Reality: The Magic and Mystery of Movie Matte Painting</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/technical-personnel/fantastic-reality-movie-matte-painting/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/technical-personnel/fantastic-reality-movie-matte-painting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:36:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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