The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) are always the last guild to reveal nominations and they can often give us the final clues to those sound categories as we edit our Oscar predictions in the 11th hour. The two big categories, Dialogue/ADR and Effects/Foley are the ones to pay attention to when it comes to Oscar and this year five …
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2016-2017 Film Awards Calendar OCTOBER 2016 Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations – Monday, October 10, 2016 Gotham Awards Nominations – Thursday, October 20, 2016 NOVEMBER 2016 Critics Choice Documentary Awards – Thursday, November 3, 2016 AMPAS Governors Awards – Saturday, November 12, 2016 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations – Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Producers Guild of America Documentary Nominations – Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Gotham Awards – …
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As we enter the final lap of what always seems like a non-stop campaign to Oscar night, the final guilds of the season will be announcing their winners over the next few days. The Cinema Audio Society (CAS), the Makeup and Hairstyling Guild (MUAH), the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), the Writers Guild (WGA) and the Costume Designers Guild (CDG) …
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The Motion Picture Sound Editors guild, the only guild to announce after Oscar nominations this year, have chosen the top films and television shows for sound editing. Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story led the field with three nominations apiece; one in each field – Dialogue/ADR, Effects/Foley and Music. Deadpool, Doctor Strange picked up two apiece. Deadpool is the …
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It’s baaaaack! The Build By Guild: How to Create a Best Picture Nominee chart is up and running once again. We know what it takes to get nominated by each of the individual branches of the Academy but it’s always helpful to know what the guilds are supporting first. Not only does it keep something in the running or out …
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Anne Thompson often says (and I’m paraphrasing) that it takes support from all branches to really make a Best Picture nominee and I agree. While actors make up the majority of the voters in the Academy (1,138, to be exact), when a film has the support of the film editors, the cinematographers and the sound people to build those numbers …
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