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FrameForge 3D Studio
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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>The program was designed by filmmaker Ken Schafer and his San Diego–based software company Innoventive Software, LLC. A graduate of New York University's film program, Schafer started software programming in the 1980s by creating an extensive system of macros for <a href="/facts/WordPerfect/x0R6HU9f">WordPerfect</a> that automatically formatted text into screenplay format. He packaged these macros and sold them under the name Script Perfection. The macros evolved into the stand-alone program called ScriptThing and was eventually exclusively licensed for sale by Screenplay Systems under the name of Movie Magic Screenwriter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Schafer followed up with other software designs including the program FrameForge Storyboard Studio. </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Technology_%26_Engineering_Emmy_Award/RjUkI1TX">Technical Achievement Emmy</a> from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Pre-production Previsualization System Category. One of the key criteria for this Emmy was that the pre-visualization capability of this software allows the user to test and solve real-world production issues during pre-production, with a proven track record of saving productions time and money by eliminating the requirement to perform physical tests on-set until convinced of the final design.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>Lumiere Statuette from the Advanced Imaging Society given to honor FrameForge's technological achievement in the stereoscopic medium, and recognize the significant impact the program has had on the advancement of stereoscopic arts and technologies.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.FrameForge.com/">Innoventive Software website</a></li> <li>Wikibooks Movie Manual on Storyboarding</li> <li>Wikiversity - Lesson on 3D Storyboarding</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Mark Kolpak, VFX Supervisor Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. <a href="http://www.frameforge3d.com/News/Press/Most-Advanced-Spy-Agency-in-the-World-uses-FrameForge-Previz-Studio.../" target="_blank">http://www.frameforge3d.com/News/Press/Most-Advanced-Spy-Agency-in-the-World-uses-FrameForge-Previz-Studio.../</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF THE 67th ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-05. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151006075249/http://emmyonline.com/tech_67th_recipients" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151006075249/http://emmyonline.com/tech_67th_recipients</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Innoventive Software Receives Two Lumiere Technology Awards from the International 3D Society <a href="http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-205785.htm" target="_blank">http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-205785.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Holben, Jay. "FrameForge 3D Studio Simplifies Storyboard Process" American Cinematographer Magazine October 2003. pp 101–106 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF THE 67th ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-05. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151006075249/http://emmyonline.com/tech_67th_recipients" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151006075249/http://emmyonline.com/tech_67th_recipients</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>