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MillimeterCamerimage Presents Technical Achievement Award to Kodak
Dec 15, 2004 1:41 PM
Kodak (www.kodak.com/go/motion) received a Golden Frog Award for Technical Achievement at the 12th annual Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography. The new award recognizes companies and individuals for developing innovative technologies that advance the art of filmmaking. The presentation was made during the closing ceremonies of the festival on Dec. 4.
"This award was established to broaden the scope of Camerimage to include all aspects of cinematography, including art and technology," says festival director and founder Marek Zydowicz. "Cinematographers are creating art every day, and we felt it was appropriate to highlight some of the tools that they use while crafting their work."
An international jury consisting of world-renowned cinematographers considered innovations in techniques, equipment, software and materials that have advanced the art of visual storytelling. Kodak took the honors in the category recognizing new developments in postproduction for the Look Manager System. "Kodak's Look Manager System is designed to provide an efficient way for cinematographers to control every nuance in film looks from preproduction through postproduction," says Robert Mayson, general manager of Image Capture, Entertainment Imaging, vice president, Kodak. "It enables them to take advantage of the convergence of advances in film and digital postproduction technologies to craft more artful stories. It is another giant step forward on a long journey with unlimited possibilities."
The software-based system enables cinematographers to determine the best options for creating looks for film-originated projects. Cinematographers can simulate multiple combinations of Kodak films, in-camera effects, lighting techniques, and lab processes in various ways to emulate the desired image.
After a cinematographer locks into a designed look, an exportable file can be shared with other Kodak Look Manager System users around the world to communicate their creative intentions, and emulate consistently accurate images on multiple display devices. Once a look is established, the system incorporates Kodak Display Manager technology, which automatically adjusts images to emulate the print film look on multiple display devices, including CRT, standard- and high-definition monitors, and digital projectors.
The system also incorporates Kodak color science technology based on more than 100 years of Kodak imaging expertise. The product has been available since September 2004.
The Camerimage festival was founded in 1993. Zydowicz says that the founders chose to focus on cinematography because it is a universal art form, which doesn't get the attention it deserves at many other festivals. In addition to inspiring and recognizing excellence in the art of cinematography, the founders envisioned a global forum where filmmakers from around the world could meet to discuss issues and exchange ideas. The festival moved from Torun to Lodz in 2000, where the Polish national film school is located.
The annual festival holds competition screenings in feature film and student categories. Dick Pope, BSC won the Golden Frog for Vera Drake. A Silver Frog was presented to Rodrigo Prieto, ASC for Alexander, and a Bronze Frog went to Manuel Alberto Claro for Reconstruction.
In the student film competition, the Golden Tadpole goes to Piotr Sobocinski, Jr. for Winter, and the Bronze Tadpole to Jacek Podgorski for his film Body of Mine. Both are students at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. The Silver Tadpole went to Isaac Vila, a student at the Escola Superior de Cinema/Audiovisuals de Catalunya in Spain, for his film The Next.
David Watkin, BSC (honorary) received the 2004 Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award. His retrospective of screenings included some of his most memorable credits such as Tea with Mussolini, Hamlet, Memphis Belle, Moonstruck, White Nights, Yentl, Chariots of Fire, The Devils, The Charge of the Light Brigade, and Out of Africa, which earned an Academy Award for cinematography in 1986.
Zydowicz says that cinematographers and film students from around the world attended the festival. In addition to the competition, there was an array of seminars where many aspects of the future of the art of filmmaking were discussed.
Additional special awards were also presented. For more information about the festival, visit the Camerimage website at www.camerimage.pl.
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