Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Oscar's Overlooked Stars: Geeks
Wired News: "One of the most awkward moments at the Oscars comes after the announcement of best visual effects. A small herd of not-so-svelte men storm the stage. With the global limelight shining, but with no collective gift for public speaking, they thank the dozens of people who made their wicked explosions and slow-mo gun battles possible."
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I'm happy that the Academy is starting to open up more categories for the less recognized positions that make today's movies so good, but I mean if the MPAA is going to showcase "lower end" job holders as anti-piracy ploys then they really need to do more to recognize more of the behind the scenes work.
I think that the Sci-Tech's are unbelieveable interesting. It's sad that it's not made more avalible because it isn't televised, it just goes to recording. The clips that they air are amazing to see these new achivements in action as well as how and why they were created.
It's really interesting to see the history of the special effects award. THe men and women involved in this are incredibly talented and ingenius, but its quite true that everytime they are up to give a speech you know how uncomfortable they are. They are beginning to recive more recognision for there work by not only the academy, but lay people as well.
I agree with Jordan. I am happy to see that more and more categories keep opening up for the less know, but extremely important divisions of movie making. I am slightly surprised to see those categories being given relatively the same amount of speech time as others, which is nice. What they do is nothing short of brilliant, and few realize the amount of pressure they must experience in trying to live up to such high expectations.
I'm glad they're still giving out these awards. Everyone remembers the names of the directors and actors, but the special FX people are just as vital to the movie industry. I mean, come on, Lord of the Rings w/o FX? no one would have gone to see that. It translates into stage theatre as well. Design is important; more important than I think people realize.
Now we've just got to work on getting Tony's for SMs.
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I know that sound does not fall into the special effects category, but I find it really interesting that this year's Oscars awarded an Oscar to a woman for sound editing. I can't remember for what movie. But she must have been in her mid-sixties, and to see her being recognized for her work is great considering that for her age, sound editing is no small feet, especially with her being a woman. I though it was great!
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