895 Unspeakable surprise
Best Photography Award.
Not Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress, but Best Cinematography. Tonight's Oscars kicked off in an unexpected way.
Generally speaking, in order to attract the audience and create suspense, the Oscar ceremony often opens with the supporting actor department. Because the supporting actor department is highly competitive and is also one of the core major department awards, but relatively speaking, the intensity of competition and the audience Less attention-grabbing.
As an opening, the Supporting Actors Department can often bring surprises at the beginning. Whether it is the Supporting Actress Department, which likes to reward newcomers, or the Supporting Actor Department, which is keen on career summaries, for the audience, one is the debut of a fresh face, One is the reappearance of a familiar face, which is good for ratings..
But this year, the first award awarded by the Oscars is the Best Cinematography Award. It is really thought-provoking..
Unlike other film awards ceremonies or film festivals, the Oscars awards division has formed a system.
The first part is the core major awards, including best film, best director, four major actor awards and two screenplay awards; the second part is the technical department, which mainly rewards the behind-the-scenes team; the third part is less focused but fiercely competitive. Additional awards for documentaries, short films, animations and foreign language films.
Among the technical departments, Best Makeup, Best Score, Best Song, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography and Best Editing, A group of ten awards constitutes the highest level in the industry in North America.
According to the Oscar voting rules, during the nomination stage, only members of their respective associations are allowed to vote; in other words, actors can only vote for four awards in the acting department, and screenwriters can only vote for two awards in the screenplay department. However, after the nomination list is released, all academy awards Judges can participate in voting for all awards.
It is precisely because of this that people say, "Nomination depends on strength, winning depends on luck."”.
In the nomination stage, the critical and test from peers, absolute strength is the guarantee of passing the test. The main focus of the college's public relations at this stage should be on publicity, letting more people know about your works, letting more people watch your works, and increasing your popularity..
The award-winning stage is a public relations battle involving connections, public relations, publicity, operations, and calculations. Especially for the core awards in the first part, the competition is beyond imagination. Everyone can vote according to their own judgment. But, in the second part, Parts and Parts 3 are exceptions.
The second part is too professional and the third part is too unpopular.
All judges will select the best film and best director in their minds, or their favorite performances and scripts, but those technical awards are confusing. For example, for best makeup, five works were nominated. They all look wonderful and professional. It is really difficult for the screenwriters to choose the best ones..
Therefore, most judges tend to skip the second and third parts to avoid making their choices unprofessional and making jokes. Of course, if the judges have their own preferences, check the second and third parts. , which is also completely reasonable.
Relatively speaking, there are very few unpopular works in the technical department. The final winners are still works that have received widespread professional recognition in the industry..
Among the technical departments, the ones with the most votes are Best Cinematography and Best Editing. These two awards are also the most cinematic and image-based elements. The former presents movie images, while the latter presents Film style. What's more, the best editing is called the "Little Best Film Award". The importance is evident..
Tonight, the first thing to appear is the Best Photography Award. Among the five nominees, there are four industry giants..
“Robert- Richardson of "Hugo", seven Oscar nominations, two-time winner; Jeff-enwoeh of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", David Fincher Queen's photographer, famous for "Fight Club", nominated for Oscars for two consecutive years.
“Janusz-Kaminski of "War Horse", five Oscar nominations and two wins; Emmanuel-Lubezki of "The Tree of Life", five times Oscar nomination.
The last nominated seat is "The Artist" Guilume-Schiffman, who was previously unknown and no one knew it even in the French film industry - but this does not seem to be unusual, and "The Artist" is the same as the director, leading actor, leading actress, and screenwriter. All of them rose to prominence with this one work..
Among the five nominees, with the exception of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", four works are shortlisted for Best Picture. Tonight, the Best Cinematography Award is placed as the first award. Obviously, the best The competition for the best films has begun.
From a professional point of view, Emmanuelle of "Tree of Life" completely outperformed the other four competitors. Throughout the awards season, he has led the industry in reputation and is almost a god. This Mexican photographer is a genius, with natural light, long shots The use and combination of lenses, handheld photography and ultra-wide-angle lenses are so natural and self-contained that the praise cannot stop..
But from a public relations perspective, Robert and Gilliam stood out with their strong momentum during the awards season for their films. Gilliam, in particular, went from unknown to well-known, thanks to the promotion of the Weinstein brothers. Next, it seems that he has become the favorite to win the prize tonight..
So, is it professionalism or public relations? Moreover, this is an extremely important technical award but a neglected technical department. The academy’s probing meaning is really obvious - only PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is responsible for ticket statistics, knows the results of the award. All guests and Like millions of viewers in front of the TV, they can only wait for the results with anxiety and excitement..
In the chaotic little year, the college is also crossing the river by feeling the stones with trepidation..
As the award guest, Tom Hanks revealed the answer amidst the attention of countless people, "Robert Richardson, 'Hugo'"’.”
Public Relations, won; "Hugo", won; Robert Richardson, after "JFK" and "The Aviator", won the statuette for the third time. In addition, this is the time he and Martin Scorsi Sri Lanka’s sixth collaboration.
When Robert stepped onto the stage to accept the award, his first words were, "I can't believe you actually put the Photography Award first. Are you serious?" This exclamation aroused a low response from the guests present. Laughter, and then, he started his speech with ease.
After briefly thanking his family, Robert said, "Also, thank you to the past, present and future filmmakers. This is dedicated to you." In just twenty seconds, he ended his acceptance speech..
Obviously, it’s easy to get used to it.
Immediately afterwards, Tom Hanks continued to present the second award, the Best Art Direction Award.
“The crew of "Hugo" achieved an incredible streak after the opening, beating "The Artist" and "Midnight in Paris", as well as "War Horse" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)", and will win tonight's Oscars. The second statuette continues to be collected..
Such an opening is unexpected, but also reasonable..
The entire awards season has come to the end of the Oscars. Four works, "Hugo", "The Artist", "Midnight in Paris" and "The Descendants", have successfully stood out and formed the first group to win the award. However, " "Midnight in Paris" lost the Best Editing nomination, and "Descendants" concentrated on its main core departments. Therefore, the competition in the technical department focused on "Hugo" and "The Artist"”.
In addition to these two works, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "War Horse" are powerful disruptors in the technical department. Now, "Hugo" has defeated strong opponents and won two trophies in the technical department, which is also This means that in the battle for best picture, it has taken the lead and has a slight advantage..
However, the Best Costume Design Award that was subsequently awarded was an upset. Mark-Bridges, who won his first Oscar nomination, defeated the Mulberry in "Hugo" with his retro costume design in "The Artist". Sandy Powell, who was nominated for her ninth Oscar and won two statuettes.
It was still a retro showdown between "The Artist" and "Hugo", but this time, the former had the last laugh, fighting his way out of Sandy Powell's hands like a shiny black horse, and trying to capture " While the crew of "The Artist" won the first Oscar tonight, it also changed the pattern of tonight's awards ceremony..
Subsequently, the Best Score Award was once again upset. It was not John-William, who was nominated for 42 Oscars, nor Howard-Shore, who established his status as a master with the "Lord of the Rings" series. , also not Alberto-Iglesias, who was nominated three times in seven years, but the little-known Ludovic-Bource）.
Another name that has never been heard of before, another name that has been missing from the world film industry from commercial works to artistic works, and another name that has risen strongly with one work this year. Everything is so familiar: Ludwik- Burs won best score for "The Artist".
Before "The Artist", Ludwijk's career had only contributed to two small-budget commercial works, both of which were completed in collaboration with Michel Hazanavicius.
After the official opening of the 84th Oscars, the four statuettes were awarded. "Hugo" and "The Artist" each won two. Tonight's awards pattern really showed some aspects..
Although it is said that the two "Artist" trophies were huge upsets, this is really unbelievable for the technical department, and can even be said to be incredible. It has been rare in the past few decades; although, " "Hugo"'s two technical awards are all old Oscar faces - coincidentally, the three winners of the two awards all received their third statuette tonight..
But overall, it is still hard to say that it is surprising. Obviously, the confrontation between "Hugo" and "artist" has been formed, especially the rise of the latter, which once again witnessed the Weinstein brothers' superior and strategizing level of academic public relations , deservedly the absolute power in Hollywood.
So, who will have the last laugh between "Hugo" and "The Artist"? If there is an accident, who will be the dark horse? What’s the next trend for awards in the technology sector? Will the core department awards change the competition for best film?？
The suspense has just been solved, but it is far from decrypted..
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