It was particularly difficult 2023 for everybody working in and around the film industry. Thankfully, the worst appears to be behind us and many projects are being hurriedly finished ready for screening next year.. Amongst other things, the ending of the actors’ strike saved awards season at the eleventh hour. Ten Academy Awards shortlists have […]
For their regular directors DOM&NIC, production company Outsider, cinematographer Stephen Keith-Roach, production designer Chris Oddy, and Untold Studios, the concept of shooting the promo for the Chemical Brothers latest release Live Again on an LED stage was an entirely new experience. See more credits on LBB Online. “Working with the Chemical Brothers is always a […]
Manchester Animation Festival, which was first established in 2015, has been granted Academy Award-winning status, meaning it’s the only dedicated event of its kind in the UK that allows winners to enter the Oscars’ Best Short Film stakes. “It’s an honour to represent both Manchester and the UK animation community by standing with some of […]
Below are the results of research carried out by Lisa McNamara of frame.io into the budgets, crew size and duration of both principal photography and post-production for each of the Best Picture nominees at the 2023 Academy Awards. Below that, we show the cameras and lenses used on the films nominated for Beat Picture and Best […]
Ben Zauzmer is a contributing writer for The Hollywood Reporter and the author of Oscarmetrics: The Math Behind the Biggest Night in Hollywood. He has been using mathematical models to predict the outcomes of each Academy Award category for the last 11 years and this year things are looking exciting. Ben’s mathematical predictions weigh historical data, […]
Watching the announcements live on the BBC from Los Angeles.