Sound people had a tough year. Like everyone else in the industry, they found less film work. Second, with Covid, audiences mostly watched movies on the small screen, not getting the full impact of sound, which could affect Oscar voting.
Third, Oscar’s two sound categories were combined last year, which pinpoints a key AMPAS question: Is the Oscar show for saluting great work or is it primarily a TV show to entertain the masses?
When I began writing about film years ago, I didn’t understand why the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences needed two sound categories. Now, I realize Oscar could actually use more.
As a comparison, you could combine cinematography and production design into one category called best visuals, but why would you want to? It’s the same with combining two very different sound arts.
In the Midge Costin-directed documentary “Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound,...
Third, Oscar’s two sound categories were combined last year, which pinpoints a key AMPAS question: Is the Oscar show for saluting great work or is it primarily a TV show to entertain the masses?
When I began writing about film years ago, I didn’t understand why the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences needed two sound categories. Now, I realize Oscar could actually use more.
As a comparison, you could combine cinematography and production design into one category called best visuals, but why would you want to? It’s the same with combining two very different sound arts.
In the Midge Costin-directed documentary “Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
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