Gravity
Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón visited Mexico City on Wednesday, October 16 to tell the press about his latest film, "Gravity", which premieres in Mexican cinemas this week.
The Sound Editing category is always one of the most confusing categories to most audiences because they don't understand what the difference between Editing and mixing mean. This category relates to the sounds created for the film as well as ADR and Foley work. The nominees this year include two films nominated for Best Picture and three with one or two nominations. Previous winners in the category have included "Zero Dark Thirty," "Skyfall," "Hugo," "Inception," "The Hurt Locker," and "The Dark Knight."
The Motion Picture Sound Editors have handed out their annual awards celebrating the 61st ceremony.
"The Great Gatsby" has won the Art Directors Guild.
The Best Cinematography category has become one of the most divisive categories in recent years. The reason for is because the Academy has recently chosen visual effect driven films to win the category over traditional cinematography. This year the front-runner is another visual effects driven movie that is also nominated for Best Picture and is unlikely to lose this category. Recent winners include "Life of Pi," "Hugo," "Inception," and "Avatar."
"Gravity" has won the American Cinematographers Society.
The Visual Effects race is one of the most predictable races at the Academy Awards this year. For the past five years the award has went to a Best Picture nominee and this year out of the five nominees, only one is nominated for Best Picture.
With the Producers Guild of America having made history with a tie, the Academy Awards race has become one of the most unpredictable races in years.
The Producer Guild of America has named "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" as the Best Films of the Year.
The North Texas Film Critics have selected "Gravity" as the Best Film of the Year.
The Los Angeles Film Critics have named the "Gravity" and "Her" the Best Films of the year.
On Dec. 3 the New York Film Critics Circle will announce the first critic's awards of the year.
The upcoming 2014 Academy Awards will not only have Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity" among its favorites for Best Movie, but its spin-off, "Aningaaq", directed by his son, could compete for Best Short Film.
"Ender's Game" won the box office with a decent opening failing to become the next big franchise.
The Oscar race is finally becoming clearer as studios have finalized their slates for the rest of the year.
