Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; Fantasy and Period Titles Dominate Production Design But Can You Trust a Contemporary Film to Break Into the Nominees

Academy Anonymous

On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

• A very complete consensus five for Production Design
• A Robert Eggers breakthrough Below-The-Line
• Susie Davies just the right kind of vet and “Conclave” the right kind of vehicle to beat the “Contemporary Curse”
• Overlap between sister categories - Production Design, Costume Design and Makeup
• The mandatory Visual Effects nominee
• Can Production Design and Cinematography go 5-for-5
• Directors who Production Designers seriously love - Tim Burton & Ridley Scott
• Is it ever wise to discount Arthur Max for a spot among the Production Design five
• Is the lineup COMPLETE without a historically-rendered period piece - the secret weapon for “A Complete Unknown” spoiler
• Can breakthrough “Nosferatu” Below-The-Line love translate into Best Picture

Bölümler

1. Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; Fantasy and Period Titles Dominate Production Design But Can You Trust a Contemporary Film to Break Into the Nominees (00:00:00)

2. The Consensus Five for Production Design (00:00:50)

3. Two Tricky Entries from Focus Features (00:02:18)

4. Category Crossovers & The Visual Effects Nominee (00:08:36)

5. Searching for the Spoiler (00:11:07)

6. The Director Effect (00:16:02)

7. Too New for a First-Time Nominee (00:21:05)

8. The “Historical” Factor (00:24:08)