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Ellen DeGeneres broke the dimensional wall with her unparalleled intimacy, injecting more energy into tonight's award ceremony, and to some extent easing the tension in the award presentation process; but... it can only be a relief. , in the final analysis, this is still an annual awards ceremony. The announcement of the results of each award will inevitably affect the minds of some guests, even the technical awards are no exception..
In the past ninety minutes, various technical awards have been awarded one after another and their owners have been found..
"Gravity", which showed strong dominance in the nomination stage, is undoubtedly the leader in the technical department. It has become the fifth film in history to win nominations in all seven film and production-related technical departments, unique in the world. This is also the winning bargaining chip for the head-to-head showdown between "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle".
Among the other nine nominees for best picture, only "Captain Phillips" can compete in the relevant technical department, but the momentum is far from comparable. This also means that if "Gravity" cannot win in the technical department, With more recognition from awards, we may officially withdraw from the competition for Best Picture tonight..
In other words, when the entire audience is immersed in the brief relaxation of Allen-style interaction, and when social networks are boiling due to the live interaction, the battle for the best film has actually quietly ignited the flames of war..
At the opening stage, the awards awarded immediately after the Best Supporting Actor were the Best Costume Design Award and the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Award. In the competition for these two departments, "Gravity" was not able to win a nomination. Minimalist style obviously has little to do with these two awards.
You can see the Academy's careful thinking in the arrangement of the order of award presentation. They are also aware of the direct or indirect impact of technical awards on the trend of the best film, so "Gravity" was the first to appear in the award department where "Gravity" did not win a nomination. , quietly accumulating suspense.
Among the Best Costume Design Awards, "The Great Gatsby" is undoubtedly the biggest favorite during the awards season. In the end, it also successfully defeated "The Grandmaster", "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle" at the Oscars. Waiting for competitors to win strongly - "American Hustle", which was previously considered to be expected to challenge "The Great Gatsby", unfortunately failed.
In the Best Makeup and Styling Award, the competition this year is obviously weak, with only three works nominated, namely "The Lone Ranger", "Jackass 4: Bad Grandpa" and "Dallas Buyers Club". There was no upset in the final award results. "Dallas Buyers Club" successfully won the second statuette trophy tonight..
The two technical awards were the first to find their owners. After the warm-up, the technical department finally got down to business. The winner of the Best Visual Effects Award, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emma Watson as presenters, was announced. Award results——
“The "Gravity" team won the first statuette trophy tonight. After the team headed by Chris Lawrence completed his acceptance speech, he also met Renly backstage after finishing the performance, and had a brief but friendly exchange. meeting.
For laymen, it seems natural and logical that "Gravity" wins the technical department award. As the unrivaled "visual effects blockbuster" in this year's awards season, "Gravity"'s advantages are indeed very obvious. But the competition for the Best Visual Effects Award is far more intense than you might imagine. Just ask the insiders for their opinions..
“"The Hobbit 2", "Iron Man 3", "Star Trek Into Darkness" and "The Lone Ranger", four commercial blockbusters are among the final nominees for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
In fact, for commercial popcorn works, computer special effects are exactly their specialty, such as "Inception", "Pirates of the Caribbean: Soul's Chest", "King Kong", "Spider-Man 2", "Avatar", etc. Their works have won Oscars for best visual effects; not only that, they are also often able to explode with super combat effectiveness in other related production technology departments..
Last year, "Life of Pi", which made further breakthroughs in 3D technology, brought a feast of visual effects to the audience, which won it the Oscar for Best Visual Effects; this year, in 3D immersive viewing "Gravity", which brought a revolutionary breakthrough in terms of experience, successfully defeated its strong rival "The Hobbit 2" - the latter used motion capture technology to present the screen image of the dragon Smaug, which was also the first film of the year. One of the major breakthroughs.
The side once again proves the fact that the technical breakthrough of "Gravity" has truly won the recognition of industry insiders. Alfonso Cuarón's five-year research on shooting techniques has once again injected new impetus into the film industry..
At this point, the winning of the Best Visual Effects Award officially sounded the clarion call for "Gravity" to sweep across the technical department tonight..
In the Best Sound Effects Editing Award, "Gravity" and "Captain Phillips" compete head-to-head. Both works are masterful in the different editing uses of sound effects, and sound has become an important part of the narrative. This is also " "Captain Phillips" was the most threatening award in the technical department, but in the end "Gravity" was better and successfully won it！
In the Best Sound Effects Award, "Gravity" is facing competition from works such as "Captain Phillips", "Lone Survivor", "The Ballad of Drunkenness" and "The Hobbit 2", among which the most threatening is not "Phillips" "Captain Si", but the "Drunken Country Ballad" which was recorded live but brilliantly presented the unique texture of the times - this is also one of the two technical award nominations it was shortlisted for..
However, the two works starring Renly went head-to-head, and in the end, "Gravity" stood out and won the third Little Golden Man trophy tonight with great momentum; but this is still not the end, as the following awards Best Photography Award, these two works once again launched a strong showdown.
“"Gravity", "Nebraska", "Prisoners", "The Grandmaster", "Drunken Country Folk"”.
The photography styles of the five works are different and have their own characteristics.：
Among them, the majestic and soul-stirring photography of "Gravity" has won acclaim and is undoubtedly one of the most important components of the entire work. This is Emmanuel Lubezki's sixth Oscar nomination. , he had failed all five times before, and he has become the famous uncrowned king in the photography world..
“The retro-textured and delicate and moving photography of "The Folk Song of Drunken Country" can also be called a major discovery this year. The use of light and the movement of the lens allow the audience to enter that era smoothly. Bruno Delbonnel has also been nominated for the fourth Oscar. , all three times before came back empty-handed. This European photographer is also the favorite of countless colleagues in the industry..
That's all？
Of course not only! And what about Roger Deakins?.
This is the real uncrowned king of world cinema! Starting with "The Shawshank Redemption" in 1994, Roger Deakins has won a total of ten Oscar nominations in the past two decades. This year's "Prisoners" is his eleventh, but he has always Bad luck, I encounter stronger opponents every year, but still haven't been able to win a statuette..
When it comes to tragic figures at the Oscars, he is always one that cannot be missed..
In this year's technical department, the fierce competition for the Best Photography Award can definitely rank among the top three, or even reach the top spot. It can even be called one of the most difficult moments to make a decision in the past five years. Choosing anyone will mean You will miss out on other outstanding photographers, which will lead to regrets.
But... this is the award ceremony. Nominations are about strength, winning are about luck. In the end, there needs to be a winner. These are the rules of the game..
“Emmanuel Lubezki, 'Gravity.'" When award presenters Amy Adams and Bill Murray announced the final winner, the entire audience spontaneously stood up in honor of the sixth Emmanuel Lubezki, who finally won the second nomination, also provided the opportunity for Roger Deakins and Bruno Delbonnel to lose again..
Unknowingly, "Gravity" has won the four technical departments in a row, leading tonight's Oscar ceremony with absolute strength, which also officially announced that tonight's Best Picture battle has been confirmed. ——"Gravity", which was completely ignored in the opening stage, still showed the super dominance of the technical department and officially joined the "American Hustle" and "12 Years a Slave" with fierce public relations in the second stage. ranks, forming the troika of the first group.
The Best Art Direction Award was then announced, an upset that was not an upset at all.——
“"The Great Gatsby" defeated four Best Picture nominees including "Her", "12 Years a Slave", "American Hustle" and "Gravity" to win tonight's second statuette.
This result can be said to be unexpected but reasonable..
Although the reputation of "The Great Gatsby" is polarizing, the work has won praise from the industry for its excellent performance in art direction and costume styling..
Compared with the academy public relations for major awards such as the acting department, directing department, screenwriting department, etc., the influence of the technical department is obviously much weaker. It is more of a head-on competition of strength. Therefore, after the Best Costume Design Award, the Best Art Award The Directing Award was also awarded to the "Great Gatsby" team, which is the best recognition of the work of the crew and team..
But the reason why it was given the title of "unpopular" is, firstly, because the sweeping momentum of "Gravity" was suddenly curbed, which was a bit unexpected; secondly, because the other four competing works were all Best Picture nominees, the competition was too much. Intense, among which, the "American Hustle" that launched a strong force in the second stage is a powerful sniper.
With "Gravity" winning consecutively and "American Hustle" accidentally losing to "The Great Gatsby" in the technical department twice in a row, the trend of the best picture has undergone subtle changes. Although, "American Hustle" "The main competitiveness is still in the acting and script departments, and the technical department is just flower arrangement. However, after the second stage of the awards season, the trend of tonight's awards ceremony was obviously lower than expected, which seems very interesting..
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