Oscar DVD Screener Ban Plan Scrapped.

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Allan

But will the videos they send out be widescreen or pan-and-scan?
That's the really burning question!

anthony

Allan <box532DAMNSENDMEMORESPAMANDVIRUSATTACHMENTSPLEASE @sympatico.ca> writes:

>http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,...,00.html?tnews

w00t! I can still get a good Return of the King bootleg!

....er, forget that I said that.


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Allan <box532DAMNSENDMEMORESPAMANDVIRUSATTACHMENTSPLEASE @sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,...,00.html?tnews

The subject line of this post is incorrect. If you read the article,
you'll see that the MPAA will be sending out VHS screeners only. They
have not lifted the ban on DVD screeners.

-Eric

Eric R.

"anthony" <> wrote in message
news: om...
: But will the videos they send out be widescreen or pan-and-scan?
: That's the really burning question!

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You have to be kidding!

They really make decisions based on a non-theatrical version of the movie?

How can they POSSIBLY make decisions based on a non-AOR viewing
.........especially things like cinematography, etc............

Richard C.

In article <3f9690e4$0$8281$>, "Richard C."
<post-> writes:

>How can they POSSIBLY make decisions based on a non-AOR viewing
>........especially things like cinematography, etc............

Voting in special areas is restricted to members in that category. Do you think
that Cinematographers are going to judge based on a VHS tape? I don't think so.

Where this really matters is in small pictures and documentaries where voting
is restricted to people who have seen the picture. In the olden days, members
had to attend screening at the Academy or at selected theatres which meant
voting was restricted to members able to attend screenings in Los Angeles or
New York.

John

JohnW248

"JohnW248" <> wrote in message
news:...
: In article <3f9690e4$0$8281$>, "Richard C."
: <post-> writes:
:
: >How can they POSSIBLY make decisions based on a non-AOR viewing
: >........especially things like cinematography, etc............
:
: Voting in special areas is restricted to members in that category. Do you think
: that Cinematographers are going to judge based on a VHS tape? I don't think so.
:
: Where this really matters is in small pictures and documentaries where voting
: is restricted to people who have seen the picture. In the olden days, members
: had to attend screening at the Academy or at selected theatres which meant
: voting was restricted to members able to attend screenings in Los Angeles or
: New York.
:
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My point still is: How can ANY aspect of a movie be properly judged in non-OAR?
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Richard C.

(JohnW24 wrote:

> Voting in special areas is restricted to members in that category.

That depends on what you mean by "special areas". Contrary to
popular belief, voting in a given category is *not* restricted
only to Academy members that fit that category. That is, voting
for cinematographers is not restricted to cinematographers,
voting for writers is not restricted to writers, etc.

*Nominations* are restricted to members of the relevant disciplines,
but the final ballot voting for most categories is open to the
entire Academy membership. The only exceptions are such categories
as Best Foreign Language Film, Best Short Film, Best Short
Documentary, Best Documentary Feature, etc.

> Do you think that Cinematographers are going to judge based
> on a VHS tape? I don't think so.

I don't either, but that's a separate issue.

-- jayembee

jayembee

"Richard C." <post-> wrote:

> My point still is: How can ANY aspect of a movie be properly
> judged in non-OAR?

Easily, depending on the particular aspect. For some categories
(direction, cinematography, production design, for examples),
yes, OAR is a necessity.

But surely writing, acting, costuming, and musical scoring
(to name four) can be reasonably judged even from a pan-&-scan
copy of a film.

-- jayembee

jayembee

jayembee <> wrote:

> ...surely writing, acting, costuming, and musical scoring
> (to name four) can be reasonably judged even from a pan-&-scan
> copy of a film.

True in many cases, probably, but pity the nominated supporting actor
who gets consistently cut out of the P&S framing in favour of the
film's big star.

doug

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