Tuesday, July 22, 2014

87th Oscar Production Design Updates (2014-2015 Awards Season) (7/22/2014)

For the first time this year, in addition to rewarding the production designer and set decorator, the Academy will allow a digital designer to be recognized “when the environment of a film is substantially composed of animation and digital artistry.” It’s a welcome change to keep up with the times, but one that I don’t think will substantially alter the films that are nominated, only the nominees who are given credit for them.

An early fan favorite in this category seems to be The Grand Budapest Hotel, and while I have no doubt that critics will try to push the film in their precursor awards, I’ve left it just outside my top five for now. My sense is that designers may feel like Wes Anderson gets a little too “cute” with their craft, almost turning it into a gimmick, and that they’d prefer to vote for something a bit more substantial.

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1. Into The Woods (Predicted Winner)
2. Exodus: Gods And Kings
3. Interstellar
4. Mr. Turner
5. Big Eyes

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Alternates:
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. The Hobbit: The Battles Of The Five Armies
8. Selma
9. Inherent Vice
10. Unbroken
11. Suite Francaise
12. Fury
13.. The Imitation Game
14. Macbeth
15. Get On Up
16. Grace Of Monaco
17. Magic In The Moonlight
18. Belle
19. Snowpiercer
20. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
21. Maleficent
22. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
23. The Monuments Men
24. Suffragette
25. 300: Rise Of An Empire

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26. Queen Of The Desert
27. Dracula Untold
28. The Monkey King
29. Foxcatcher
30. Noah
31. A Most Violent Year
32. Theory Of Everything
33. Only Lovers Left Alive
34. Slow West
35. The Homesman
36. The Hundred Foot Journey
37. Godzilla
38. The Two Faces Of January
39. Pawn Sacrifice
40. Serena
41. The Immigrant
42. Jersey Boys
43. Miss Julie
44. The Giver
45. Guardians Of The Galaxy
46. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
47. Birdman
48. Gone Girl
49. The Railway Man
50. X-Men: Days Of Future Past

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