2008 Academy Awards Nominations

[Adrian T.]

And who decides what the nominations should be?

Read this: http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/rules/index.html :nerd:

 

[John Godden]

Into the Wild


**Anyone know if the new Microsoft Word spellcheck finally accepts "Into" as a word?

I really enjoyed Catherine Keener's role in the movie. Decent movie overall.

Bart the bear nailed his part too. :sarcasm:

The wolf scene looked faked and or 'overprocessed'. Odd SPR type video effect.

JohnG

 

[Jim McKinney]

Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Diving Bell and the Butterfly

To amend the technical specs on a prior post:

According to American Cinematographer, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was shot on a variety of lenses, much of it on SuperSpeeds and Arri Shift and Tilts, in addition to the Lens Baby. Also, for some of the shots, a modified Arri435 with handcrank was used, that could go backwards and forwards as well.

Interiors were shot on Kodak Vision 5279 and exteriors on Fuji Eterna 250D 8563. The lab, Eclair, did a light silver retention of about 30%.

But here's my question: Does anyone have info on the car rigging systems used, particularly the shots of him driving in the convertible with his son? I really dig it - it had a certain mix of or tension between the mechanical behaviour with human fluidity.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Of the pictures I've seen so far that have been nominated, No Country is my favorite, followed by Jesse James.

Personally, I would have chosen Lust, Caution over There Will Be Blood.

Still quite a few of these I haven't seen yet! I just got Elizabeth II in 720p, which I'm looking forward to. Also looking forward to Into the Wild (HD release in March), Diving Bell and Atonement.

 

[sparkhope]

Diving Bell and the Butterfly. If you haven't seen it go. Hardest one to find. Janusz best work in my opinion. The first movie where he didn't have at least one or two shots that were too much.

I second that! Best film of the year - thoroughly engaging.