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Those Oscar Missed: Best Foreign Language Film

Posted on January 1, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Foreign Language Film has always been a little odd to me. It isn’t the quality of work that gets nominated that worries me, but it’s the politics that can sometimes prevent a certain film from … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Live Action Short

Posted on December 22, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Live Action Short is one of the few Oscar categories that home viewers would probably not be very familiar with. As with the other two short film categories, I was originally not going to include … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Animated Feature

Posted on December 20, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Animated films have been with us for so many decades, and yet the Academy only created an official category for them just over a decade ago (it’s especially odd considering how many decades the Best Animated … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Animated Short

Posted on December 19, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Animated Short should be the short film Oscar category that most people should be familiar with due mainly to Disney, Looney Tunes, Popeye, Tom and Jerry, and more recently Pixar. As with the other two … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Film Editing

Posted on December 18, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Film Editing is one of the more creative Oscar categories. Film editing itself is an art form that is unique to cinema, although there is a similarity to the editing process when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Sound Editing

Posted on December 13, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON I often wonder what most people think of when they’re watching the categories of Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing during the Oscars. Do they pretend to know what those categories really mean? Do they … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Sound Mixing

Posted on December 10, 2012 by filmscorehunter

Best Sound Mixing can be a tough or confusing category for those unfamiliar with the term or concept. Basically, this category recognizes the finest sound mixing or recording in a film, which is done by the person (known as the … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Cinematography

Posted on December 1, 2012 by filmscorehunter

Cinematography is such an important part of a film. In many ways it can define it, used by the director to let us see what he/she wants us to see and not see. There are so many terrific examples of … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Costume Design

Posted on November 28, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Costume design is essential to every motion picture. It can make or break a film; if done correctly it can make the viewer believe in the authenticity of the time period the film depicts. Historical films … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Posted on November 19, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Makeup and Hairstyling can often be a toss-up. A lot of great work has been nominated (and deservedly won). Every now and again there’ll be a nominee that you look at and say, “Really?” as … Continue reading →

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Foreign Language Film

Those Oscar Missed: Best Live Action Short

Those Oscar Missed: Best Animated Feature

Those Oscar Missed: Best Animated Short

Those Oscar Missed: Best Sound Editing

Those Oscar Missed: Best Sound Mixing

Those Oscar Missed: Best Cinematography

Those Oscar Missed: Best Costume Design

Those Oscar Missed: Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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