88th Oscar Cinematography First Entries (2015-2016 Awards Season) (8/18/11)

Here is my first attempt to make predictions for the 88th Oscar Cinematography race. Although we don’t yet know who most of the cinematographers are, we can make educated guesses based upon the types and settings of the films.

1. Blood Meridian (Predicted Winner)
2. The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James
3. One World Ocean
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns
5. Avatar 3


Alternates:
6. Myth
7. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair
8. Untitled Tintin Film
9. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
10. Inamorata
11. Boyhood
12. Travis McGee
13. The Epic Of Troy Knight
14. The Five Hundred
15. Coram Boy
16. Time Bandits
17. Black Mafia Family Project
18. The Corrections
19. Continuum
20. Guardians Of The Galaxy
21. Hot Wheels
22. Star Blazers
23. Trollhunters
24. Untitled Bobby Glickert Sci-Fi Thriller
25. The Swarm
26. Untitled Batman Reboot
27. Special Topics In Calamity Physics
28. The Believers
29. Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, And Jewelry
30. The Secret (Of Happiness)
31. Untitled John Moore Peter Buchman Project
32. Untitled Paul Revere Project
33. Divergent
34. I, Robot 2
35. The Hunger Games 3
36. Bad Boys 3
37. Cape No. 7
38. The Amazing Spiderman 2
39. Evidence
40. The Occasionally Interesting Anti-Adventures Of An Unnamed Girl
41. Affected Provincial’s Companin
42. Alien At Large
43. Bride Of Frankenstein
44. Caliber
45. Echo
46. Gravity
47. Line Of Sight
48. Soapdish
49. The Dangerous Book For Boys
50. Trust

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See Cinematography predictions for other years HERE.
If you’re into cinematography, you might also like Film Editing and Visual Effects.
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88th Oscar Original Score First Entries (2015-2016 Awards Season) (8/17/11)

Here are today’s rankings for the 88th Oscar Original Score race. Most of these films don’t have composers yet, and those that do are only rumored, but we can still make guesses based upon genre and the potential profile of each film.



1. Alan Menken for Lidsville (Predicted Winner)
2. James Horner for Avatar 3
3. Randy Newman for Toy Story 4
4. Nigel Osborne for Ivan The Fool
5. Travis McGee



Alternates:
6. Coram Boy
7. Untitled Tintin Film
8. Myth
9. The Corrections
10. Trollhunters
11. Alma
12. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair
13. A Thousand Splendid Suns
14. The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James
15. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
16. Imaginary Enemies
17. Untitled Batman Reboot
18. The Epic Of Troy Knight
19. Blood Meridian
20. Inamorata
21. The Five Hundred
22. Divergent
23. I, Robot 2
24. The Swarm
25. The Amazing Spiderman 2
26. The Hunger Games 3
27. The Occasionally Interesting Anti-Adventures Of An Unnamed Girl
28. Trust
29. Black Mafia Family Project
30. Bad Boys 3
31. Star Blazers
32. Untitled Bobby Glicker Sci-Fi Thriller
33. Untitled John Moore Peter Buchman Project
34. Untitled Paul Revere Project
35. Boyhood
36. Hot Wheels
37. Evidence
38. Continuum
39. Guardians Of The Galaxy
40. Gravity
41. Insects
42. The Mighty
43. Time Bandits
44. Bride Of Frankenstein
45. Echo
46. Line Of Sight
47. Untitled Happy Troll Doll Project
48. Alien At Large
49. Caliber
50. The Believers

As always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updated predictions in all categories!


See Original Score predictions for other years HERE.
Like words with your music? Check out the Original Song predictions.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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88th Oscar Film Editing First Entries (2015-2016 Awards Season) (8/16/110

Continuing to fill in the categories for future years, here is my first attempt at rankings for the 88th Oscar Film Editing race.

1. The Epic Of Troy Knight (Predicted Winner)
2. Avatar 3
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
4. Travis McGee
5. Coram Boy

Alternates:
6. Myth
7. Blood Meridian
8. The Corrections
9. The Five Hundred
10. Untitled Tintin Film
11. Inamorata
12. Boyhood
13. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair
14. The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James
15. Divergent
16. Star Blazers
17. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
18. Untitled Bobby Glickert Sci-Fi Thriller
19. Echo
20. Line Of Sight
21. The Swarm
22. Black Mafia Family Project
23. Untitled Batman Reboot
24. Bride Of Frankenstein
25. Wonder Woman
26. Guardians Of The Galaxy
27. Toy Story 4
28. Time Bandits
29. Untitled Paul Revere Project
30. Evidence
31. Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, And Jewelry
32. Continuum
33. I, Robot 2
34. Gravity
35. Alien At Large
36. The Believers
37. The Secret (Of Happiness)
38. The Hunger Games 3
39. Caliber
40. Affected Provincial’s Companion
41. Bad Boys 3
42. Cape No. 7
43. Maynard & Jennica
44. Special Topics In Calamity Physics
45. Hot Wheels
46. The Mighty
47. The Smoker
48. Portofino
49. Dreamland Inc.
50. Untitled John Moore Peter Buchman Project

As always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updated predictions in all categories!
See Film Editing predictions for other years HERE.
If you’re into film editing, you might also like Cinematography and Visual Effects.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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88th Oscar Best Director Updates (2015-2016 Awards Season) (8/13/11)

Here are today’s rankings for the 88th Oscar Best Director race, with previous rankings shown in parenthesis.


1. Robert Zemeckis for The Corrections (Predicted Winner) (previous rank 2
2. Oliver Stone or Paul Greengrass for Travis McGee (previous rank 1)
3. Steven Zaillian for A Thousand Splendid Suns (New)
4. Richard Linklater for Boyhood (New)
5. James Cameron for Avatar 3 (previous rank 3)


Alternates:
6. Alan Parker for Coram Boy (New)
7. James Franco for Blood Meridian (New)
8. The Five Hundred (New)
9. The Epic Of Troy Knight (New)
10. Inamorata (New)
11. James Cameron for Myth (New)
12. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck for Special Topics In Calamity Physics (New)
13. Black Mafia Family Project (New)
14. The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James (New)
15. Untitled Tintin Film (New)
16. Quentin Tarantino for Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (New)
17. Sylvain Chomet and Thais Sher for Ivan The Fool (New)
18. Guillermo Del Toro and Rodrigo Blaas for Trollhunters (New)
19. Toy Story 4 (New)
20. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair (New)
21. Divergent (New)
22. Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, And Jewelry (New)
23. The Believers (New)
24. John Woo for Caliber (New)
25. Affected Provincial’s Companion (New)
26. Neil Labute or Robert Edwards for Trust (New)
27. Rodrigo Blaas for Alma (New)
28. I, Robot 2 (New)
29. Untitled Batman Reboot (New)
30. Wonder Woman (New)
31. Mike Mitchell for Imaginary Enemies (New)
32. The Swarm (New)
33. Time Bandits (New)
34. Michael Bay for Bad Boys 3 (New)
35. The Occasionally Interesting Anti-Adventures Of An Unnamed Girl (New)
36. Bride Of Frankenstein (New)
37. Star Blazers (New)
38. The Hunger Games 3 (New)
39. Continuum (New)
40. Robert Glickert for Untitled Bobby Glickert Sci-Fi Thriller (New)
41. John Moore for Untitled John Moore Peter Buchman Project (New)
42. Guardians Of The Galaxy (New)
43. R. J. Cutler for Maynard & Jennica (New)
44. Chuck Martin for Mr. Nice Guy (New)
45. The Mighty (New)
46. Jan Svankmajer for Insects (New)
47. Evidence (New)
48. Echo (New)
49. Untitled Paul Revere Project (New)
50. Conrad Vernon for Lidsville (New)

As always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updated predictions in all categories!

See Best Director predictions for other years HERE.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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88th Oscar Makeup Updates (2015-2016 Awards Season) (8/13/11)

Here are today’s rankings for the 88th Oscar Makeup race. I previously predicted Bride Of Frankenstein as the early front-runner, but all the rest of the entries are new.


1. Bride Of Frankenstein (Predicted Winner) (previous rank 1)
2. The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James
3. The Epic Of Troy Knight



Alternates:
4. Myth
5. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair
6. Inamorata
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns
8. Star Blazers
9. Travis McGee
10. The Corrections
11. Coram Boy
12. Blood Meridian
13. Darylin Nagy for Boyhood
14. The Five Hundred
15. Black Mafia Family Project
16. The Amazing Spiderman 2
17. The Swarm
18. The Hunger Games 3
19. Untitled Batman Reboot
20. Wonder Woman
21. Divergent
22. Affected Provincial’s Companion
23. Avatar 3
24. Untitled Bobby Glickert Sci-Fi Thriller
25. Portofino
26. Soapdish
27. Alien At Large
28. Continuum
29. Gravity
30. Untitled Paul Revere Project
31. Time Bandits
32. The Believers
33. The Mighty
34. Untitled John Moore Peter Buchman Project
35. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
36. I, Robot 2
37. Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry
38. The Smoker
39. Trust
40. Echo
41. The Occasionally Interesting Anti-Adventures Of An Unnamed Girl
42. Special Topics In Calamity Physics
43. Bad Boys 3
44. The Secret (Of Happiness)
45. Dreamland Inc.
46. Booksmart
47. Cape No. 7
48. Maynard & Jennica
49. Mr. Nice Guy
50. The Dangerous Book For Boys

As always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updated predictions in all categories!


See Makeup predictions for other years HERE.
If you’re into makeup, you might also like Art Decoration and Costume Design.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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