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Rules, 1991 (64th) Academy Awards
achievements, but shall evaluate them by completing prepared questionnaires.
Those evaluations shall be forwarded to the Scientific or Technical Awards Com­mittee.
12'. All voting by the Scientific or Technical Awards Committee shall be done by
secret written ballot. Committee members may voluntarily abstain from voting
on any item. All decisions as to award recommendations and classifications shall
require a two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting. Members of the
committee having a personal connection with any achievement shall not be pre­sent
during discussion of that achievement except by invitation of the chairman.
Members of the committee who do not have a personal connection with the
achievement but who are affiliated with the organization responsible for the
achievement may be present at the discussion and voting at the discretion of the
chairman, but may not vote on the achievement.
13. The committee shall recommend to the Academy Board of Governors the
person(s) and/or organization(s) to whom an award shall be made, the type of
award and the text thereof. The committee shall carefully evaluate all information
regarding actual authorship of each item being considered for an award and shall,
at its sole discretion, identify the individual(s) and/or organization(s) to be recog­nized.
14. In recommending awards, the committee will judge to the best of its ability
the scientific or technical merits of the achievements, but does not warrant that
the person or persons named are responsible for the origin or development of the
achievement named in the award.
15. It shall be within the discretion of the committee to recommend no awards
if, in its judgment, there have been no achievements worthy of recognition. It
shall also be within the discretion of the committee, but only on its own motion,
to review any Academy Award conferred for scientific or technical achievement
to determine whether the classification of such achievement should be elevated
by reason of its contribution to the arts and sciences of motion pictures subse­quent
to the granting of such award, and to recommend elevation in classification
to the Academy Board of Governors.
16. Such other rules as may be considered necessary for the proper conduct of
these awards shall be adopted by the Scientific or Technical Awards Committee,
subject to the approval of the Academy Board of Governors.
SPECIAL RULES FOR THE SHORT FILMS AWARDS
1. An award shall be given for the best achievement in each of two classifica­tions:
An animated film usually falls into one of two general fields of anima­tion:
character or abstract. Some of the techniques and animating
films include cel animation, computer animation, stop-motion, clay
Title Rules, 1991 (64th) Academy Awards
Full text achievements, but shall evaluate them by completing prepared questionnaires. Those evaluations shall be forwarded to the Scientific or Technical Awards Com­mittee. 12'. All voting by the Scientific or Technical Awards Committee shall be done by secret written ballot. Committee members may voluntarily abstain from voting on any item. All decisions as to award recommendations and classifications shall require a two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting. Members of the committee having a personal connection with any achievement shall not be pre­sent during discussion of that achievement except by invitation of the chairman. Members of the committee who do not have a personal connection with the achievement but who are affiliated with the organization responsible for the achievement may be present at the discussion and voting at the discretion of the chairman, but may not vote on the achievement. 13. The committee shall recommend to the Academy Board of Governors the person(s) and/or organization(s) to whom an award shall be made, the type of award and the text thereof. The committee shall carefully evaluate all information regarding actual authorship of each item being considered for an award and shall, at its sole discretion, identify the individual(s) and/or organization(s) to be recog­nized. 14. In recommending awards, the committee will judge to the best of its ability the scientific or technical merits of the achievements, but does not warrant that the person or persons named are responsible for the origin or development of the achievement named in the award. 15. It shall be within the discretion of the committee to recommend no awards if, in its judgment, there have been no achievements worthy of recognition. It shall also be within the discretion of the committee, but only on its own motion, to review any Academy Award conferred for scientific or technical achievement to determine whether the classification of such achievement should be elevated by reason of its contribution to the arts and sciences of motion pictures subse­quent to the granting of such award, and to recommend elevation in classification to the Academy Board of Governors. 16. Such other rules as may be considered necessary for the proper conduct of these awards shall be adopted by the Scientific or Technical Awards Committee, subject to the approval of the Academy Board of Governors. Nineteen SPECIAL RULES FOR THE SHORT FILMS AWARDS 1. An award shall be given for the best achievement in each of two classifica­tions: Animated Films An animated film usually falls into one of two general fields of anima­tion: character or abstract. Some of the techniques and animating films include cel animation, computer animation, stop-motion, clay Page 19