FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY

With the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), BAFTA and Critics Choice in hand it’s a clean sweep for Oppenheimer‘s Hoyte Van Hoytema, who should easily sail to an Oscar win this weekend.

Even if he weren’t a part of the impending Oppenheimer sweep, the sheer breadth of his work here, the miles of footage shot and creating brand new cameras specifically for this film, he’d still be winning this. Utilizing the behemoth 54 lb. cameras involved to get the 18K resolution that IMAX 65 film achieves was no easy feat as he also created the practical visual effects of the film practically and in camera. While Van Hoytema usually relies on tight 80mm lenses for close-ups, he needed to get closer than the traditional 6 feet for Oppenheimer. With no available lenses, Panavision supplied and adapted Hasselblad, Panavision Sphero 65, and Panavision System 65 lenses. Kodak had to engineer brand-new 65mm film stock for the black-and-white sequences alone. It’s simply a physical and artistic feat that went unmatched this season.

Here are my ranked final 2024 Oscar predictions for Cinematography.

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