What They Say
Eizo Corp said that the firm had been awarded a Scientific and Technical Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its ColorEdge CG Series monitors with integrated self-calibration sensors. That is to say, a technical ‘Oscar’. The release included a long list of studios that provided supporting comments, including:
- DNEG – Dune (2021), No Time To Die (2021), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Tenet (2020)
- Framestore – No Time To Die (2021), The Midnight Sky (2020), His Dark Materials (2019), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Gravity (2013)
- Imagica Lab. Inc. (Industrial Light & Magic) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), The Mandalorian (2019), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
- Laika – Missing Link (2019), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), The Boxtrolls (2014), ParaNorman (2012), Coraline (2009)
- Method Studios
- MPC Film – Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), 1917 (2019), The Jungle Book (2016)
- Pixar Animation Studios – Soul (2020), Toy Story 4 (2019), Coco (2017)
- Shirogumi Inc. – STAND BY ME Doraemon 2 (2020), The Great War of Archimedes (2020)
- Skydance Media – Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
- Studio Ghibli – When Marnie Was There (2014), The Wind Rises (2013)
- Walt Disney Animation Studios – Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Frozen 2 (2019), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
- Wylie VFX – Dune (2021), Beastie Boys Story (2020), The Stand (2020), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
The lead innovators behind the technology and direct recipients of the award are Senior Product Manager Masato Nakashima, Senior Engineer Junji Sakuda, Principal Engineer Koichi Ueno, and Principal Engineer Junro Yonemitsu.
What We Think
We’re planning a deeper dive on the self-calibration and other features of the firm’s monitors that won the award. (BR)
(It was pointed out to me after publication that ‘Oscar’ is not accurate. It was a “Scientific and Technical Award”. I had not understood the different levels of award. (BR)
