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Tech Support: 'Life of Pi' and 'Lincoln' lead the crafts category nominations

Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:04 pm · January 10th, 2013

And they’re here. Another year come and another set of nominees in the Academy’s crafts categories, highlighting the invaluable contributions to our movies by behind-the-lines, “below the line” artists.

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Tech Support: Final predictions for Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing

Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:45 am · January 9th, 2013

This is part two of our pre-nominations wrap-up. We’ll be looking at Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.

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Tech Support: John Toll and Frank Griebe on shooting 'Cloud Atlas' across six stories

Posted by gerardkennedy · 6:51 am · January 4th, 2013

As usual, the Oscar race for Best Cinematography presents an embarrassment of riches this year. Contending directors of photography have offered exemplary work, whether highlighting fantasy or history, focusing on land or water, displaying composed and gorgeous widescreen shots or gripping action and dynamic camera movement. One film managed to do all of these things, and used two DPs to do it.

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Tech Support: Rodrigo Prieto on finding the right trio of looks for 'Argo'

Posted by gerardkennedy · 6:49 pm · December 26th, 2012

The DP worked out distinct visual cues for each of the film’s three worlds.

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Tech Support: International lineup of Best Original Song contenders presents a great opportunity

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:55 am · December 20th, 2012

With the recent reveal of the Academy’s list of Best Original Song qualifiers — all 75 of them — the music branch has a wide swath of popular artists to choose from. Of course, the branch tends to focus on the work itself, not necessarily the talent involved, but it’s worth mentioning that Fiona Apple, Florence + the Machine, Karen O, Christina Aguilera, Adele, Keith Urban, Mumford and Sons, The Bootleggers & Emmylou Harris, Arcade Fire, Dolly Parton, Katy Perry, Paul Williams, Jordin Sparks and Norah Jones are all in the mix. That’s quite the role call.

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Tech Support: 'Lincoln,' 'Life of Pi' and 'Anna Karenina' lead the race for Best Original Score

Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:58 am · December 13th, 2012

As always, international flavor abounds.

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Tech Support: William Goldenberg on building tension in 'Argo' and 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:33 am · December 10th, 2012

The BSFC- and LAFCA-winning editor’s busy year could yield a pair of Oscar nods

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Tech Support: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer on a 'risky' world in 'Anna Karenina'

Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:41 am · December 7th, 2012

Is all the world a stage? Well, in Joe Wright’s “Anna Karenina,” the stage became the medium through which the director retold Leo Tolstoy’s classic story. An unusual choice fraught with risks? To be sure. An extraordinary amount of potential? Equally certain. But production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer were tasked with helping Wright’s vision come to fruition. We recently spoke to the duo about their work on the film.

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Tech Support: Greig Fraser on shooting the dead of night in 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:04 pm · December 3rd, 2012

Freshly awarded by the NYFCC, the DP discusses the ‘guerrilla’ feel of the production.

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Tech Support: Janusz Kaminski and Rick Carter on establishing a time and place in 'Lincoln'

Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:25 pm · December 1st, 2012

The cinematographer and production designer discuss their work on Steven Spielberg’s latest.

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Tech Support: 'Anna Karenina,' 'Snow White and the Huntsman' and 'A Royal Affair' feature in Best Costume Design

Posted by gerardkennedy · 6:29 am · November 29th, 2012

Oscar night is known for its glamor. “Who are you wearing” becomes a popular question to ask nominees as they make their way down the red carpet. But on screen, clothes do more than make actors look good. They certainly do that, but they also tell us something about the characters who wear them. They reveal things, telling the story visually like every other element of a production.

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