OSCAR WINNERS ! [ ANIMATION & VFX ]

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ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
<br />THE INCREDIBLES
<br />Brad Bird
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<br />OFFICIAL SITE : http://www.theincredibles.com/
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<br />INTERVIEWS + NEWS : http://www.pixaranimation.blogspot.com/
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<br />SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
<br />RYAN
<br />Chris Landreth
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<br />OFFICILA SITE :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;http://www.nfb.ca/ryan/
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<br />INTERVIEW :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<br />http://www.alias.com/eng/etc/mayamasters/masters/
<br />chris_landreth.shtml
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<br />VISUAL EFFECTS
<br />SPIDER-MAN 2
<br />John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
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<br />MAKING PDF :
<br />http://www.imageworks.com/films/spiderman/pdf/spider-man.pdf

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SOUND EDITING
<br />THE INCREDIBLES
<br />Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
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[send2raj]

<P>Was definitely expecting oscar for THE INCREDIBLES.Those guys deserve that.<IMG src="smileys/smiley32.gif" border="0">Congrats to those who worked for dat film.</P>

[dynafx]

<P>good to see this news</P>
<P><strong>Maya at the core of Oscar CG awards, with Spiderman 2 and Ryan artists winning acclaim</strong></P>
<P>Alias extends congratulations to its esteemed customers, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Alias alumni Chris Landreth for their Oscars awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award-winning Maya 3D animation software played an integral role in the making of Spider-Man 2, Oscar winner in the category of 'Best Visual Effects' and Ryan, Oscar winner in the category of 'Best Animated Short Film'. The winners were announced during Sunday's 77th Annual Academy Awards presentation. </P>
<P>Sony Pictures Imageworks employed Maya as the core 3D special effects software to create close to 600 CG shots for Spider-Man 2. The movie set a new standard for computer-generated human characters with Spider-Man and the movie's villain, Doc Ock. In addition to helping create and animate these characters, Maya was also used to generate much of the devastation left in the wake of Doc Ock and modelling the CG Manhattan through which Spider-Man swings in the film's climax scene. </P>
<P>Landreth used Alias' Maya software extensively for modeling, rigging, animation, lighting and rendering in Ryan, a highly imaginative 3D-animated film tribute to Canadian animator Ryan Larkin. This is Landreth's first Oscar win and second nomination. His animated short ?The End' (1995) was nominated when he worked at Alias. </P>
<P>Maya software has been used in virtually every Academy Award nominated film in the category of 'Best Visual Effects' since the inception of the award.</P>
<P><strong>Related links: </strong><BR><A href="http://www.alias.com/" target="_blank"><FONT color=#0000ff>Alias</FONT></A> <BR><A href="http://%20www.sonypicturesimageworks.com/movies/index.html" target="_blank"><FONT color=#0000ff>Sony</FONT></A> </P>