Over the years, the Academy Awards have some to carry significant influence throughout the film industry - often, simply being nominated for an award boosts profits for both studios and performers. For that reason, studios dedicate massive amounts of funding each year to marketing and public relations campaigns that they hope will earn them more votes, in spite of the Academy's efforts to stifle the impact of such promotional efforts among its voters. In addition, the Academy aims, with varying amounts of success, to limit votes driven by sentimentality, atonement, popularity, prestige, and personal loyalties.
Today, in order to be eligible for a given year's Academy Award nominations, films must have been:
• Released in Los Angeles (foreign language film award prospects excepted) anytime from the strike of midnight of the first day of the year leading up to the strike of midnight on the first day of the next year. (Prior to the 5th Academy Awards ceremony in 1934, the eligibility period for films had spanned the twelve months leading up to July 31st of the previous calendar year. In order to transition into the current and more straightforward eligibility period of the full calendar year, eligibility for the 1933 ceremony was based on a 17-month period rather than a 12-month period, so that the period would end on December 31st, to begin the next one on January 1st.)
• Feature-length - at least forty minutes long (short film award prospects excepted)
• Filmed on either 35mm film, 70 mm film, 24 frames per second or 48 frames per second progressive scan digital cinema, with at least 128-720 native resolution
• Submitted by a producer before the deadline, using the Official Screen Credits online form to list production credits for all relevant Oscar categories - failure to satisfy this requirement renders films ineligible for nomination in any future year
• Completed with the inclusion of English subtitles for foreign language films, with only one film per year being submitted by a given country
After the deadline for submission of the Official Screen Credits online form, each form submission is checked and compiled into a Reminder List of Eligible Releases, which is distributed, along with ballots, in late December to all voting members, who for the most part vote to determine nominees in their own respective categories of expertise (acting, directing, writing, etc). Exceptions include nominations for Foreign, Documentary, and Animated Film categories, which are determined by special screening committees composed of members spanning all branches of the Academy. However, all voters may submit nominations for the Best Picture Category. After all nominations have been finalized, a second voting round takes place in which all voting members may vote across their own branches for most categories to determine the final winners. Since 1935, beginning with the 7th annual Academy Awards, the entirety of this nominating and voting process has been audited and certified by PricewaterhouseCoopers (previously known as Pricewaterhouse). Since 1941, with the introduction of the sealed envelope system, it is they who have been responsible for the confidentiality of the envelope's contents.
There are nearly 6000 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with actors making up the largest group of voters, at about 22% of the total membership. To become a member, one must receive an invitation from the Board of Governors, on behalf of the Academy Branch Executive Committees, based on either a member's submission in recognition of significant contributions to the film industry, or on a competitive nomination. There is a lot that goes into selecting the Oscar winners, although regular corporate for the standard sized company are available as well.
Today, in order to be eligible for a given year's Academy Award nominations, films must have been:
• Released in Los Angeles (foreign language film award prospects excepted) anytime from the strike of midnight of the first day of the year leading up to the strike of midnight on the first day of the next year. (Prior to the 5th Academy Awards ceremony in 1934, the eligibility period for films had spanned the twelve months leading up to July 31st of the previous calendar year. In order to transition into the current and more straightforward eligibility period of the full calendar year, eligibility for the 1933 ceremony was based on a 17-month period rather than a 12-month period, so that the period would end on December 31st, to begin the next one on January 1st.)
• Feature-length - at least forty minutes long (short film award prospects excepted)
• Filmed on either 35mm film, 70 mm film, 24 frames per second or 48 frames per second progressive scan digital cinema, with at least 128-720 native resolution
• Submitted by a producer before the deadline, using the Official Screen Credits online form to list production credits for all relevant Oscar categories - failure to satisfy this requirement renders films ineligible for nomination in any future year
• Completed with the inclusion of English subtitles for foreign language films, with only one film per year being submitted by a given country
After the deadline for submission of the Official Screen Credits online form, each form submission is checked and compiled into a Reminder List of Eligible Releases, which is distributed, along with ballots, in late December to all voting members, who for the most part vote to determine nominees in their own respective categories of expertise (acting, directing, writing, etc). Exceptions include nominations for Foreign, Documentary, and Animated Film categories, which are determined by special screening committees composed of members spanning all branches of the Academy. However, all voters may submit nominations for the Best Picture Category. After all nominations have been finalized, a second voting round takes place in which all voting members may vote across their own branches for most categories to determine the final winners. Since 1935, beginning with the 7th annual Academy Awards, the entirety of this nominating and voting process has been audited and certified by PricewaterhouseCoopers (previously known as Pricewaterhouse). Since 1941, with the introduction of the sealed envelope system, it is they who have been responsible for the confidentiality of the envelope's contents.
There are nearly 6000 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with actors making up the largest group of voters, at about 22% of the total membership. To become a member, one must receive an invitation from the Board of Governors, on behalf of the Academy Branch Executive Committees, based on either a member's submission in recognition of significant contributions to the film industry, or on a competitive nomination. There is a lot that goes into selecting the Oscar winners, although regular corporate for the standard sized company are available as well.
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