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Without any doubt, one of the most difficult Oscar categories to predict is Best Makeup. Like Best Visual Effects, the final three nominees are chosen from a previously announced shortlist of seven. Very frequently, films that would seem to be sure things fail to even make the bake-off. Even so, it is possible to gauge […]
TECH SUPPORT: Best Makeup — Volume II
Posted by gerardkennedy · 4:58 pm · November 25th, 2009
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TECH SUPPORT: Final predictions
Posted by gerardkennedy · 5:27 pm · February 18th, 2009
After six months of Tech Support previews and interviews, the films have arrived, the nominations have been announced and the guilds, the critics and BAFTA have all announced their preferences. Today we take a final look at the races before the envelopes are opened on Sunday. BEST ART DIRECTION After guild and BAFTA wins, I […]
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TECH SUPPORT INTERVIEW: The crafts of ‘Benjamin Button,’ part one
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:26 am · February 16th, 2009
Thirteen Oscar Nominations. Very few films in Academy history have achieved that status and, prior to this year, no film had secured that many nods since “Chicago” in 2002. But “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” has managed it this year, largely because of the incredible work going on below-the-line. Last week, I featured composer […]
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Sweet buzz for ‘Button’ effects
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:54 pm · October 16th, 2008
Fresh on the heels of Gerard’s visual effects Tech Support column this morning, I got an email from an industry friend who keeps his eye on the tech races and, indeed, the Oscar races in general. It seems “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which was always going to be a delicate effects balance, is […]
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