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Tech Oscars Awarded

Posted by samzenpus on from the geek-segregation dept.

prostoalex writes "Skip the tuxedos, cleavages and red carpet. Scientific and technical Oscars are awarded for technical excellence and inventive approaches in the field of movie-making. Satellight-X HMI Softlight, DNF-001 multiband digital audio noise suppressor and Tyler Gyroplatform were among nominees, according to MSNBC."

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  1. "Tech Oscars"? by sczimme · · Score: 2, Interesting


    That's a rather boring name. Shouldn't the awards be called the 'Geekies' or 'Nerdies' or something?

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  2. Where are the frontiers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm guessing that one frontier would be user interface. Right now, most of this wonderful gear needs serious skills to use it. The trouble is that the people with the skills to operate the equipment aren't the people with the vision and the story telling ability. Equipment with an interface that even a director could use would be a big hit.

    Of course, this is all leading to the ability to produce movies on our desktops. Then instead of an unpublished novel, everyone would have an unpublished movie in the drawer of their bedside table.

    1. Re:Where are the frontiers? by Frogbeater · · Score: 3, Interesting

      As a person that uses that gear on a daily basis, I will point out that HMI lighting and Tyler mounts (for example) are not just un-user friendly (to the layman) they are actually dangerous in the wrong hands.

      There is plenty of gear out there that you can use with a consumer camera to create decent images.

      The people that can afford shooting with a Satellight-X HMI can afford a crew to operate it.

      They might still edit on Final Cut Pro.

      /mac evangelism

      PS. Woo-Hoo. Something involving my job is on Slashdot!

  3. Telaprompter? by mi · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Legend under Scarlett's picture:
    Actress Scarlett Johansson has trouble with the technical jargon and tosses up her hands as she reads a telaprompter in the back of the room during the ceremony Scientific and Technical Awards banquet.
    I wonder, is it supposed to be "tell-a-prompter" or "teleprompter"?..
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  4. Re:The mea;... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Maybe the Japanese should come over here and open up Ramen stalls like they've got in Japan. Quick, cheap, and good. It's like McDonalds, but exotic.