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Tech Support: See (or hear) how Lou Ferrigno lives on as part of the Hulk in 'The Avengers'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:44 am · May 9th, 2012
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'Rango,' 'Apes' and 'Transformers' dominate the 10th annual Visual Effects Society Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:53 pm · February 7th, 2012
It was a good night for Industrial Light & Magic at the 10th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, which went down this evening. The company’s work in films like “Rango” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” dominated the proceedings, the former surprisingly sweeping the animated categories.
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Tech Support: 'The Artist,' 'Hugo,' 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'War Horse' feature heavily in Oscar's crafts categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:12 pm · January 24th, 2012
This morning, many crafts artists in Hollywood (and elsewhere in the world) found out that they are heading to the Kodak Theatre for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The thrill they are experiencing must be difficult to describe.
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Tech Support: Wrapping up guesses throughout the Academy's craft categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:31 pm · January 19th, 2012
Rounding out my picks in the Academy’s crafts branches, from Best Music to Best Visual Effects.
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Tech Support: Guessing the nominees throughout the Academy's craft categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:49 am · January 19th, 2012
In five days, the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards will be announced. It seems extraordinary that another season has nearly passed. And with a silent film and a somewhat fantastical (not-so-) children’s film poised to dominate the major categories, one realizes how quickly trends can change in Hollywood. But now it’s time to make our final picks across the crafts categories.
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Round-up: Oscar's doc rule change favors theatrical visibility
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:50 am · January 9th, 2012
Also: ‘The Iron Lady”s composer switch and the craftsmen of ‘War Horse’
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'Tintin,' 'Harry Potter' and 'Transformers' out front with Visual Effects Society nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:37 am · January 9th, 2012
The Visual Effects Society has announced its list of nominees for the organization’s 10th annual ceremony, and leading the way wasn’t one of the live action blockbusters on the whittled-down slate of 10 advancing Oscar contenders. It was Steven Spielberg’s animated offering “The Adventures of Tintin,” which landed six nominations across the feature film categories.
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10 films shortlisted for visual effects Oscar
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:10 pm · January 4th, 2012
After 15 titles were longlisted for the Best Visual Effects Oscar last month, that number was cut to 10 today: ‘The Tree of Life,’ ‘Hugo’ and ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ are still in the running for a nomination.
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Art Directors Guild nominees include 'Anonymous,' 'Captain America' and 'Drive'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:12 pm · January 3rd, 2012
The Art Directors Guild and the Costume Designers Guild announced its slate of nominees this evening, and the surprises were few and far between. One of them, though, was the exclusion of “War Horse” in the period category.
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2011: the year in superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:11 am · December 16th, 2011
Who am I to complain about the amount of year-end kudos announcements when I had this post coming all along? I know. I’m so hypocritical.
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Academy narrows visual effects race to 15 films
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:17 pm · December 9th, 2011
The Academy has announced a shortlist of 15 contenders for the Best Visual Effects Oscar, and all the usual suspects, from “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” to “The Tree of Life,” are present. Still, it’s bad news for “Anonymous” and “Immortals.”
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Tech Support: 'Hugo' and 'Harry Potter' set the scene for Best Art Direction
Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:24 pm · November 17th, 2011
In this week’s installment of Tech Support, we transition over to Best Art Direction. Films in the thick of it include the period design of “Hugo,” “War Horse,” “J. Edgar” and “The Artist,” as well as the fantasy elements of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” “Thor” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.”
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Potato, potahto, craft, tech, let's call the whole thing off
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:49 pm · November 15th, 2011
In which we make it very clear, if it wasn’t already, that the craft categories recognize artful contributions and should in no way be diminished as anything less.
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Tech Support: 'War Horse,' 'Transformers' in the, uh, mix for Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:47 am · November 10th, 2011
In this week’s edition of Tech Support, we turn our gaze to Best Sound Mixing. Contenders include “War Horse,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and.. “The Artist?”
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Tech Support: Best Makeup could go its own way, from 'Green Lantern to 'The Iron Lady'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:46 am · November 3rd, 2011
In this week’s edition of Tech Support, we round up the possibilities for Best Makeup. Contenders include summer blockbusters like “Green Lantern” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” as well as Best Picture hopefuls such as “J. Edgar” and “The Artist.”
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Calling all original song contenders
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:28 pm · November 1st, 2011
This year’s Best Original Song race is slowly beginning to take shape. But we need to pull together a list of contenders before things get too far along. Possibilities from Chris Cornell’s “The Keeper” to a trio of tracks from “The Muppets” could all be in play this season, but what else?
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Tech Support: Period pieces from 'Hugo' to 'W.E.' stand out for Best Costume Design
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:03 am · October 20th, 2011
In Tech Support this week we tackle the category of Best Costume Design. Strong contenders include Madonna’s “W.E.,” Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and Steven Spielberg’s “The Help,” among others.
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Stan Lee tapped for Visual Effects Society's Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:04 am · October 19th, 2011
Stan “The Man” Lee’s creations, from “X-Men” to “Iron Man” and everything in between, have sparked the imagination of visual effects artist in the film industry for years. Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that he be awarded the Visual Effects Society’s lifetime achievement honor.
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