We’re within a week of the big moment. Oscar nominations will be announced on Thursday next week and we’ll find out which films are the dominant forces throughout the Academy’s various craft categories. Yesterday HitFix’s Gerard Kennedy began final Tech Support analysis of the field with the categories of Best Cinematography, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song and Visual Effects. Today we round out the field with the rest.
Tech Support: Final predictions for Best Costume Design, Film Editing, Production Design and Sound
Posted by gerardkennedy · 3:54 pm · January 10th, 2014
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Tech Support: Space, music and the high seas clash in the race for Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:36 pm · November 28th, 2013
HitFix’s Gerard Kennedy surveys the field of Best Sound Mixing, from “Gravity” to “Pacific Rim” to maybe even Disney’s animated musical “Frozen.”
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Cinema Audio Society honors Oscar-winning sound mixer Andy Nelson
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:24 am · September 18th, 2013
‘Les Mis’ mixer will receive Career Achievement Award at February ceremony.
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Motion Picture Editors' Guild honors Oscar-winning sound mixer Donald O. Mitchell
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:17 pm · August 19th, 2013
Veteran’s screen credits range from ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Terms of Endearment.’
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It's a tie! 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Skyfall' share sound editing Oscar as 'Les Mis' takes sound mixing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:33 pm · February 24th, 2013
The much-hyped live vocal capture technique paid off for the ‘Les Mis’ team.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:18 am · February 19th, 2013
‘Argo,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’ square off.
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Tech Support: Paul N.J. Ottosson on the subtly explosive soundscapes of 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:25 pm · January 9th, 2013
The Oscar-winning sound designer takes an organic approach to action.
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Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Les Mis' and 'Skyfall' stir it up with others in Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:31 am · November 22nd, 2012
One of the most competitive crafts categories this year is an embarrassment of riches.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · February 8th, 2012
This is one of the year’s hardest technical categories to predict, largely because the Academy’s sound branch agreed with the Cinema Audio Society on only two nominees. We size up who might win, and who should.
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'Hanna,' 'Pirates' among Cinema Audio Society surprises, 'Transformers' snubbed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:30 am · January 19th, 2012
And now, as they say, for something completely different. The guild nominations these last few weeks have been rank and file, the usual mish-mash of the same titles reflecting a bit of group think and perfunctory nominations. That ends today, though, as the Cinema Audio Society’s crop of nominees included some eyebrow-raising titles.
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On the sound of 'The Muppets'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:31 am · November 23rd, 2011
You might not think about below-the-line craftsmanship when it comes to a film like “The Muppets,” but the fact is, it’s a big musical, which dictates quality sound design. So it’s fitting that the SoundWorks Collection has dedicated one of its unique profiles to the film.
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Tech Support: 'War Horse,' 'Transformers' in the, uh, mix for Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:47 am · November 10th, 2011
In this week’s edition of Tech Support, we turn our gaze to Best Sound Mixing. Contenders include “War Horse,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and.. “The Artist?”
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Greg P. Russell on the 7.1 experience of 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:22 am · September 29th, 2011
Greg P. Russell has been nominated 14 times for the Best Sound Mixing Oscar. But “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is, to him, the most complex mixing job of his career. A lot of that is owed to the new 7.1 surround sound platform, which he recently discussed in an interview.
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'Captain America' and 'The Help' sound mixer Scott Millan to be feted by CAS
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 am · September 20th, 2011
Sound mixer Scott Millan has been tapped this year to receive the Cinema Audio Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This season he looks to be in the Oscar mix (no pun intended) for his work on “Captain America: The First Avenger.”
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