This article explains the step by
step process of how the vote takes place. First a producer or distributor must
submit it into consideration by December 2. The film has to fulfill a certain
criteria: "The film must be over 40 minutes in length; must be publicly
screened for paid admission in Los Angeles County (with the name of a
particular theater where it screened included); and must screen for a
qualifying run of at least seven straight days. In addition, the film cannot
have its premiere outside of a theatrical run." Then each of the 6028
members of the Academy list 5 names and PriceWaterCooper looks for the names
that meet a certain number. The number stems from taking “the total number of
ballots received for a particular category and divides it by the total possible
nominees plus one."
The Oscars is the most famous award show of the year yet most people don't have a clue to how the process of nominating the countless of movies released that given year are chosen. The article explains the process while noting interesting facts. It's always vital to know who is in charge of choosing the select few to go into running. Most importantly noted is that only those in the business can vote (Hutchison, 2014). And not just in the business but "Aside from requiring an “unusually high level of quality and distinction” in their respective fields, candidates must also meet quantitative standards. Writers, producers, and directors must have at least two screen credits to their names, while actors must have credited roles in at least three films." In a way, this is good because those that fulling understand the film can vote but because its a few elite, some people can bought. As said in the article "the Academy instructs voters to follow their hearts". Yet hearts can easily be 'persuaded'.
Sean Hutchinson, (January 16, 2014 - 9:00am) How are Oscar Nominees Chosen? Retrieved from http://mentalfloss.com/article/54560/how-are-oscar-nominees-chosen
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ReplyDeleteThe website was very informative and shed light onto how Oscar nominees are chosen. I think that the decision process for the winning films and/or actors is partially skewed with the considerations being kept so behind-the-scenes, therefore part of the voting population should be the general viewership. One credential that seems unfair is that "actors must have credited roles in at least three films" due to the fact that newly emerging actors may be just as deserving as experienced ones, but I understand this decision makes the process more trustworthy.
ReplyDeleteThis post was keen on the concept of understanding how the oscar nomination process occurs. I had no idea how extremely competitive it was, and most importantly how biased it could be. It seems as if the only nominations are awarded to the "known" or popular actors and actresses, I believe they do this based partly on commercial purposes because the public is not familiar with "unknown" directors or actors. It seems that the industry is more interested in making it financially than actually exposing and crediting great productions that are obscured by the bigger and mainstream ones. After reading the post and then the article, I realized that this nomination process should be more open to the globe in order to give credit to the productions that actually deserve it and be more sovereign. It was, however, a very interesting post and it offered me with knowledge I could use and research for my blog!
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