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Oscar Gold 2020 – Who Will Win?

It's been a long Blitz, getting from there to here. There being the nominations and here being the annual official prediction blog! We're just over 48 hours away from handing out the hardware, and while I've spent the last 24 days giving my opinions on who should win, it's time to put my proverbial money in … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Who Will Win? →

Bill Oscars 2 Comments February 8, 2020 19 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Best Picture

We come to it at last. Twenty-four days straight, no breaks, one category after another. And now, there's just one more to go, the big one, Best Picture. Now, because I cannot just let things be easy, I have a completely convoluted process for determining my rankings in this field. This is for two reasons. … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Best Picture →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 15 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Best Director

I'm gonna get on my soapbox for just a second and say that I am so sick and tired of complaints about Best Director being an all-male field. I don't know the current membership of the Academy's Directors Branch, but it goes without saying that it's a boys club. It has been for a long … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Best Director →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment February 5, 2020 7 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Visual Effects

I mentioned this earlier in the Blitz, but I would absolutely love to attend a "Bake-Off" presentation for the Academy, mostly because I just want to get inside the heads of both the Academy voters (in any number of branches), and the marketing teams of the various films and studios making their cases for nomination. … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Visual Effects →

Bill Oscars 1 Comment February 3, 2020 7 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Production Design

Strictly speaking, the award for Production Design is meant to be limited to the interior design of a film, namely the sets, props, and overall decoration. But in the case of our nominees this year, it has to be said that "interior" doesn't quite cover it. Each of the five films selected here have a … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Production Design →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment January 30, 2020 6 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Best Supporting Actor

The internet is a double-edged sword in many respects. For my purposes here, it is both essential, because it provides me a platform for talking about my favorite thing in the world (movies), and annoying, because part of the fun of Oscar season is seeing all the films and rating/prognosticating about the awards themselves. The … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Best Supporting Actor →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment January 28, 2020 8 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Adapted Screenplay

In many a year at the Oscars, the Screenplay categories tend to act as consolation prizes to films that will be left in the cold when it comes to Best Director or Best Picture. But sometimes, the Academy doesn't even get the chance to apologize that far. This was the case two years ago. Both … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Adapted Screenplay →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment January 27, 2020 7 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Costume Design

Costume Design has been for the longest time a category all but reserved for period pieces. No matter the quality of whatever movie is put forward, for the better part of the last 70 years, if there's a movie that's set at least 50 years in the past, odds are it's going to get nominated … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Costume Design →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment January 25, 2020 6 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Cinematography

Of all the technical categories, this might be my favorite, mostly because it's the one I could basically never do. I mean, my days of high school A/V class and eventually college taught me a thing or two about how to operate a camera. Hell, I even worked for my school's video department taping classes … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Cinematography →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment January 23, 2020 7 Minutes

Oscar Gold 2020 – Film Editing

Editing is more than just piecing all the various shots together. It's about incorporating video, sound, special effects, music, and color into one seamless whole. Whatever disparate elements go in to a production, it all comes together in the edit room. I know this first-hand, as I've done professional edit work since 2006, mostly in … Continue reading Oscar Gold 2020 – Film Editing →

Bill Oscars Leave a comment January 16, 2020 6 Minutes

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