For our eighth Rundown article, we hit the category with the most support from a single film. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we'll start off on Monday with a category that's probably the prettiest to look at.
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In this vote, I'm going to be very very alone and very very wrong. But it's all in fun, so let's have at it.

GRAMMY AWARDS

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
Burlesque
Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (Wesley)
Tangled
True Blood: Volume 3 (RU:Wesley)

Wesley Lovell: I have a hard time putting my finger on this one. My prediction goes with Glee simply because it has single-handedly done more to boost popular music sales than any other program in the last several decades. Yet, the show has gotten long in the tooth and Grammy voters are often hard to pin down. It could easily go to either of the other television entries or Burlesque simply based on name recognition. Poor Tangled is just lucky to be nominated.

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

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We are certainly a bit more rusty in predicting the British Academy Awards, but that doesn't stop us from trying. Every year, the BAFTA presentation ends up becoming more Oscar-portentous each time out. So, we look to these awards to act as a sort of mirror for what might be on Oscar voters minds. They still throw us curve balls, but their accuracy is improving. Here we present our predictions for this grand old awards fest.

BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS

Best Film

The Artist (Wesley / Peter)
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (RU:Wesley / RU:Peter)

Wesley Lovell: Of the three Oscar Best Picture nominees on this list, The Artist is easily ahead of the pack. Yet, with all of the nominations for Tinker, the film could pull a surprise victory, but I'm doubtful that's going to happen.

Best Animated Film

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The American Society of Cinematographers often don't care who's doing what around them and go out of their way to choose their favorite piece, not necessarily the most celebrated. The only guild announcing over the weekend, the ASC will be an interesting award to watch.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS AWARDS

Best Cinematography

The Artist (RU:Peter / RU:Tripp)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo (RU:Wesley)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tree of Life (Wesley / Peter / Tripp)

Wesley Lovell: This group votes for what they like, predictive capability be damned. Therefore picking the right winner can often be challenging. Looking back at their history, it's hard not to believe that The Tree of Life with its copious amounts of exterior photography will be the winner, but sometimes it's the most colorful picture that wins, which gives Hugo an edge. Of course, they love foreign cinematographers, so The Artist could also be a big winner. They have occasionally gone intimate, which could net Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy the prize as well. Only The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo seems like a film they wouldn't necessarily pick out of this lien-up.

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For our seventh Rundown article, we look at a category that some say shouldn't exist and others celebrate its typical selection of quality productions. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Feature as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we'll cover one of the more pre-determined categories of the year.
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For our sixth Rundown article, we have two categories where the shortest Oscar winners will be crowned. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we'll cover the newest Oscar category, one of the most controversial.
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For our fifth Rundown article, a category where making oneself look completely alien is a good thing. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Makeup as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we'll cover a pair of categories where being powerful and compact leads to victory.
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Peter has said he isn't terribly confident about his predictions here, largely because the minds of the VES voters are so foreign to us. I have a tendency to agree with this as they have made some off-the-wall selections in the past. Still, we will give it a go and while I have a bit more confidence in many of my predictions than does Peter, I'm not 100% sold on several of them.

VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY AWARDS

Best Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film

Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (Peter / RU:Wesley / RU:Tripp)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Wesley / Tripp / RU:Peter)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Wesley Lovell: The buzz has been about Planet of the Apes' visual effects all year and a win by any other film will not only through conventional wisdom out the window, but it might signal a new course for this year's potential Oscar winner. And if there's a film to triumph, it's the final entry in a vaunted and effects-heavy franchise.

Best Supporting Visual Effects

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For our fourth Rundown article, a category least in line with general expectations. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Foreign Language Film as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we'll discuss a category that has many different faces.
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Last year, I did amazingly well with my Annie Awards predictions. This year, I'm not as confident because the playing field is so stranegly different, especially considering the Oscar nominations, so most of my guesses (and those of Peter and Tripp) are simply that: guesses.

ANNIE AWARDS

Best Animated Feature

The Adventures of Tintin (Peter)
A Cat in Paris
Arrugas (Wrinkles)
Arthur Christmas (RU:Tripp)
Cars 2
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2 (Wesley)
Puss in Boots
Rango (RU:Wesley / Tripp / RU:Peter)
Rio

Wesley Lovell: While the Oscars will almost assuredly choose Rango, Annie Awards voters are more likely to give its prize to either A) the most nominated film or B) the film created by DreamWorks. And since both of those factors apply to Kung Fu Panda 2, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict it to win.

Peter J. Patrick: I haven't the faintest clue of who or what will win in any of these categories. This is pure shot-in-the-dark guesswork on my part.

Best Animated Short Subject

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Anything can happen with the Art Directors Guild. Sure, they are an adequate precursor, but sometimes they go out on a limb (as in the case of Oscar non-nominee The Curse of the Golden Flower). This year, however, I think they'll stick with more Oscar-friendly fare and give us a preview of what could win the Oscar.

ART DIRECTORS GUILD (ADG) AWARDS

Best Period Art Direction

Anonymous
The Artist (RU:Wesley / Tripp)
The Help
Hugo (Wesley / RU:Tripp / RU:Peter)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Peter)

Wesley Lovell: This is one category I would be shocked if Hugo loses. Recreating the sets and props of Georges Méliès' workshop is enough to snag it the trophy, but the beautiful train station and dark, oily clockworks are fantastical enough to elevate it far above the competition (but why isn't this competing in Fantasy Art Direction?). While I'd like to say Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy could upset, the design work is far too subdued to appeal to a group that loves its opulence. Which is why I'm surprised I didn't choose Anonymous for the runner-up. It's got all the earmarks of a classic Art Direction winner. However it, like Tinker was not nominated at the Oscars. The same goes for The Help. This leads me to believe that they may not be as favored as we would normally expect. I think the black-and-white recreations of familiar locations and styles of the silent era could appeal to nostalgic voters. But Hugo should to since it was set just prior to The Artist in film history chronography.

Best Fantasy Art Direction

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For our third Rundown article, we've got a rare race between a slew of veterans and one neophyte whose recognition is in the nomination. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we'll start Monday off with a category that has the potential to anger or disappoint many people.
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For our second Rundown article, we're looking at two categories that cover the non-fiction portion of Oscar's evening. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we'll cover one of the top-tier categories which features an irregular race between four aging legends.
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Every year, Cinema Sight's contributors submit their selections for who they think will win this year's Oscars. In addition, we handicap the race for you. Today is our inaugural post and we're covering two categories for you today. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score and Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the races. Thursday, we'll cover two categories alike in name, but divergent in results.
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Saturday and Sunday, two of the major Oscar precursors present their awards. The DGA will announce first on Saturday at a gala dinner that we'll get snippets from, but won't be able to see. If you see anyone with a giant medallion plaque in the media, be wary. The first four silver ones will be given to the nominees. It's the final gold one that will be handed out to the winner.

Then, on Sunday, the SAG Awards will be presented live on TNT. Yes, the DGA winner is 95% likely to win the Oscar, but the SAG Awards are slowly building a reputation as an influential precursor. The winners here (outside of Best Cast) will be seen as frontrunner going into the Oscars. Here are our takes (and predictions) on the various races from each guild announcing over the weekend.
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