2018 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (December Part 1)
Dunkirk remains the strong frontrunner for Film Editing (but Get Out is gaining fast) and increases its lead in Cinematography over Blade Runner 2049 just a bit the first half of this month. The Florida Project, Lady Bird and Baby Driver pop up in Film Editing as debuts this month. Very little movement in Cinematography this month; The Post moves up and Phantom Thread is removed from the list as director Paul Thomas Anderson did his own camerawork uncredited and therefore is ineligible for a nomination.
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Here are the official 2018 Oscar Predictions in Film Editing and Cinematography for first half of December from the Gold Rush Gang. Keep an eye on all of the Gold Rush Gang’s 2018 Oscar predictions updated LIVE throughout the month.
Green – moves up from last month
Red – moves down from last month
Blue – debut/new entry
| FILM EDITING | ERIK ANDERSON |
BRYAN BONAFEDE | GREG HOWARD | EVAN KOST |
JASON OSIASON | KENNETH POLISHCHUK |
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ | RICHARD ANTHONY |
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT | MATT DINN | TOTAL POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunkirk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | Get Out | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 81 |
| 3 | The Shape of Water | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 73 |
| 4 | The Post | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 67 |
| 5 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 53 |
| 6 | Call Me By Your Name | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Blade Runner 2049 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | I, Tonya | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 10 | The Florida Project | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Lady Bird | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 11 | Baby Driver | 7 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| 13 | Darkest Hour | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
OTHER CONTENDERS
All the Money in the World
Detroit
Downsizing
The Greatest Showman
Hostiles
Last Flag Flying
mother!
Phantom Thread
Wonderstruck
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | ERIK ANDERSON |
BRYAN BONAFEDE | GREG HOWARD | EVAN KOST |
JASON OSIASON | KENNETH POLISHCHUK |
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ | RICHARD ANTHONY |
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT | MATT DINN | TOTAL POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunkirk | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| 2 | Blade Runner 2049 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 93 |
| 3 | The Shape of Water | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 80 |
| 4 | Darkest Hour | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 71 |
| 5 | Call Me By Your Name | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 57 |
| 6 | The Florida Project | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | The Post | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 34 | ||
| 8 | Wonder Wheel | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Wonderstruck | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||
| 10 | The Lost City of Z | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Mudbound | 8 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 12 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
OTHER CONTENDERS
The Beguiled
Breathe
Detroit
Downsizing
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
Hostiles
mother!
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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