Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 24th Cinema Audio Society Awards (2016)
Another win for La La Land, which continues to show its strengths in categories where it is expected to triumph. Finding Dory‘s win is strange, but looking at the nominee roster, it looks like familiarity and name recognition may have played a part. The Awards Best Sound Mixing – Live Action La La Land (Wesley,…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 12
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). This week, we had five precursors, four that could have Oscar impact and one that’s purely informative. The…
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Precursor: 58th British Academy Awards (2016)
The only film to capture more than a pair of awards at this year’s British Academy Awards was La La Land, which took home five awards. It didn’t dominate these awards as much as many feel it will do at the Oscars. Emma Stone may have just won her ticket to her first Oscar win…
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Precursor: 59th Grammy Awards Awards (2016)
One thing you can never guess about the Grammys is just where they’ll go. With some surprising selections, this year’s winners are an odd bunch. The only one that anyone picked for their primary choice that won was the only one we all agreed on, “Can’t Stop the Feeling” for Best Song. The Awards Best…
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Precursor: 30th USC Scripter Awards (2016)
As expected, the Oscar frontrunner, Moonlight, took the prize most likely to foreshadow an Oscar victory, perhaps more so than the Writers Guild of America since the WGA nominated it in Original. The Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Moonlight (Wesley, Peter, RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas) USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First Awards: 1987 (30)
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Precursor: 21st Art Directors Guild Awards (2016)
The Art Directors Guild have selected their winners. Two Oscar nominees prevailed while one went down to a non-nominee. Hidden Figures managed to best Hail, Caesar! in the Period category, which was a bit surprising since the Academy didn’t recognize it. Passeners was a little less surprising in Fantasy, which could mean it’s a stronger…
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Precursor: 15th Visual Effects Society Awards (2016)
The Oscar frontrunner dominated the Visual Effects Society awards, taking five awards total. The Jungle Book had received six nominations and, had it not been double-nominated in the Animated Performance category, it would have done a clean sweep, as such, it merely won in every category in which it was nominated. Deepwater Horizon won the…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). A lot happened this weekend with the Directors Guild, Annie Awards, and Cinematographers selecting their winners for the…
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Precursor: 21st Online Film & Television Awards (2016)
The Online Film & Television Association has announced its awards for 2016. Many believe that La La Land will perform a pretty major sweep at the Oscars, but that didn’t intimidate the OFTA into trying to duplicate that. From the looks of their winners, they broke out of the mold in several areas. While a…
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Precursor: 25th Annie Awards Awards (2016)
The worship of Disney continues with the strong showing of Zootopia with six prizes including Best Animated Feature. Kubo and the Two Strings came in second with three awards (though, honestly, it should have won). Awards Tallies (6) Zootopia (3) Kubo and the Two Strings (2) Moana (1) Doctor Strange, The Jungle Book, The Little…
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Precursor: 69th Directors Guild Awards (2016)
While the cinematographers went in an unexpected direction, the Directors Guild of America were highly predictable with all the expected winners winning. The Awards Best Director Damien Chazelle – La La Land (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best First Feature Garth Davis – Lion (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary Director Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made…
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Precursor: 31st Cinematographers Guild Awards (2016)
In a shock no one could have seen coming, Greg Fraiser takes the award for Best Cinematography for Lion, the safe money was on Linus Sandgren for La La Land, which makes for an interesting bump in its race towards the Oscar. The Awards Best Cinematography Lion – Greg Fraiser American Society of Cinematographers Data…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). I missed yesterday’s due date, so I’m catching up with the Oscar Preview post today. The Oscar nominations…
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Precursor: 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016)
There you have the year’s Screen Actors Guild winners. Denzel Washington finally earns his SAG award, briefly upending the streak Casey Affleck had been making towards Oscar glory. Hidden Figures takes the prize for Best Cast against stiff competition from fellow Oscar Best Picture nominees. Emma Stone repped future Oscar-winning Best Picture La La Land…
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Precursor: 28th Producers Guild Awards (2016)
And there you have the least predictable Producers Guild awards ever with all the frontrunners taking home prizes. It makes all three virtually inevitable at the Oscars. The Awards Best Picture La La Land (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Animated Feature Zootopia (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary O.J.: Made in America (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas)…
