The Academy Awards for More Technical Stuff

So these are the nominees, in the more technical world of film. I wonder why there's never much concern for lighting design in film, especially when lighting can determine so much of a film's mood (fight club is one particularly gritty-feeling example).

I have not yet seen Australia, Button, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog, Duchess, or Wanted. Yeah, I live under a new-film rock. But I'm going to predict that Duchess gets the costume award (period pieces always fare better), Button gets make-up (for making Brad Pitt unattractive; see hoopla surrounding "The Hours"), and Dark Knight for the very vague "Visual Effects" category. I won't hazard a guess on the sound stuff, because unless the sound is incredibly unusual or bad, I never notice the editing or the mixing.


Achievement in Costume Design
* Australia
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Duchess
* Milk
* Revolutionary Road

Achievement in Makeup
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in Sound Editing
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man
* Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
* Wanted

Achievement in Sound Mixing
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
* Wanted

Achievement in Visual Effects
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man

What are YOUR thoughts?
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