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STEVE TERUGGI JUSTINE LEAHY ANDREW WENSLEY GUY BYRNE PETER BERRY NUALA CONWAY ARAI KOLEL JOHN CHASEY JASON WALKER PAUL COLBERT REBECCA JOHNSON
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In a talk that could have been difficult to understand for non-engineers, Peter’s presenta- tion was pure magic in the way that the difficult was made easy, much as Snell and Wilcox’s equipment does.
Having heard all about the potential of the new 24P equip- ment, the penultimate session before lunch gave the audience an opportunity to see material shot using the new format by Richard Blanshard and to hear first hand the benefits of this new acquisition format.
Richard had done much of the early test material for Panavision and showed exam- ples of this and also a clip from his latest programme about the New York City Ballet.
Closing the morning session, the camera manufacturers Panasonic, Panavision and Sony gave brief descriptions of the equipment that was available in the David Lean Room for inspec- tion after lunch.
Following a Buffet lunch with refreshments sponsored by Metro Broadcasts, dele- gates spent two hours exam- ining the camera equipment and talking to representatives
Film Committee members, under the chairmanship of Steve Woolley and Academy staff are already beavering away in the structure of the voting procedure for this year’s acco- lades. The ceremony isn’t until February 24 next
but because we operate an efficient jury system for our craft award cate- gories, there’s much to do during the months beforehand.
There are those
who criticise the
involvement of juries
of peers to decide
which craft people’s achievements should
be honoured, but I
am not one of them. Having care- fully scrutinised the various pro- cedures in place in other coun- tries and while admitting that it is simply not possible to find an awards process which is perfect and satisfactory to all interested parties, I’m absolutely convinced that we do it as fairly and accu- rately as can be.
We have now introduced an additional way of assembling qualified people to serve on our juries. We invite members to submit their CV to us for consid-
eration by the Chair of the appropriate craft jury. If you are interested, please do so to Doreen Dean, Assistant Director of the Academy. We look for- ward to hearing from you.
Some years ago, after a dis- pute regarding the announced winner
of one of the award categories, I was asked to think through and com- pose a set of rules and explanatory notes on procedure for our film and tele- vision jury chairper- sons and members.
What resulted avoids any possibili- ty of doubt when
results are announced and, indeed, there have been no queries ever since. For those who are interested, particularly those putting themselves for- ward for Awards jury service, a copy can always be found in Doreen’s office.
A couple of years ago, an eminent double Oscar winning technician collected an award from us to add to his collection. It was pleasing when he said to me, “I’ve examined the way you do it through juries. It’s the fairest and best way.” ■
Sir Sydney Samuelson
BLACK JOY
Jamaican-born actor Earl Cameron received the pres- tigious Inspiration Award at a special event held at BAFTA during this year’s 3rd bfm International Film Festival.
Now 75 and still working, Cameron’s extensive film credits include The Heart Of The Matter, Sapphire, Guns At Batasi and Thunderball.
Also honoured for his Contribution to the Arts was the legendary Harry Belafonte who was given a Lifetime Achievement Award. Unable to attend, his award was accepted on his behalf by fellow actor Billy Dee Williams. ■
BAFTA is accepting entries for Best Short Film and Best Short Animation 2001 from September 24.
For further information and an entry form, contact:
Katie Hart at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN. Telephone: 0207 292 5819; email Katieh@bafta.org or
info@bafta.org
of the manufactur- ers before returning to the Princess Anne Theatre for a review session on the day’s event.
Chaired by Ewart Needham, delegates had the opportunity to review the day’s programme and to
ask questions of the panel made up from the morning’s speakers and camera representatives. The response from the audience was excellent with all having learnt something from a very informa- tive day.
SEPTEMBER 10
ANDERSEN MANAGEMENT MASTERCLASS
IAN LIVINGSTONE, EXECUTIVE CHAIR, EIDOS PLC
Members got the chance to learn how the Executive Chairman of Eidos, and also one of the world’s leading games authorities, has combined cre- ative talent and business sense when he spoke to Martyn Lewis at the latest in our series of Andersen Masterclasses.
Ian Livingstone also co- founded Games Workshop, co- wrote the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series, has had two of his computer games published and owns over 1,000 games in his own collection.
SEPTEMBER 12
THE BAFTA ANNUAL LECTURE LORRAINE HEGGESSEY, CONTROLLER BBC1
This event has been covered extensively elsewhere in ACADEMY, but I wanted to take this opportunity to thank our media sponsor, The Hollywood Reporter, and in particular Paul Johnson for his support of this event. ■
ATTENTION FILM JURY SERVICE!
BESTSHORTFILM& BESTSHORTANIMATION
NEWS & EVENTS INFORMATION
Please call Amy Minyard or Juliet McCulloch on 020 7734 0022 or e-mail
amym@bafta.org or julietm@bafta.org
Photos opposite page: Paul Bettany; Nicole Kidman; Ted Taylor, MD Panasonic Broadcast Europe (left) and Chris Daubney, Chairman for the 24P High Definition Day; Photos this page: Paul Wheeler of Panavision demonstrates the EC-Vision camera; Hugh Whittaker, MD of Panavision UK Ltd with delegates; Billy Dee Williams collects Award (photo by www.joefilmbase.com)
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