1.Hugo
Besides its beautiful cinematography and visual effects,the costumes in the film Hugo is another category garnering some buzz even before the release.The costume of the 90s in Paris and with the choice of colourful costumes gives a feeling of being in another world.Sandy Powell the costume designer of the film had already been nominated 9 times for the Oscar and won 3.
2.The Help
The Help has a setting during the 60s and the costume differs in both of the maids and their bosses in Mississippi.The costumes had some colourful prints did brought the 60s to life.We had earlier seen the work of the costume designer Sharen Davis in Dreamgirls and Ray which she was nominated for Best Costume Design and some impressiveve work in both The Pursuit of Happiness and Seven Pounds.
3.The Artist
Mark Bridges used the costumes during the 1920s ,old Hollywood glamour styles in order to revive the essence of the silent cinema and its actors at that time.He is yet to been nominated and I feel he is about to see his first Oscar nod
4.Anonymous
The film Anonymous had costumes of the aristocrats and the commoners during time of Queen Elizabeth .The film Anonymous is garnering buzz for its costume design(Lisy Christl) and for its art direction.
5.A Dangerous Method
Denise Cronenberg work for creating the costumes of the two famous fathers of psychoanalysis Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud and Sabina the Russian patient who starts to have affair with Jung is also garnering some buzz for the designer who had been working in Cronenberg earlier films.
6.Immortals
Eiko Ishioska is also garnering some buzz even before the release of the film Immortals for creating the costumes of the Greek mythology based film.The warrior costumes of the Gods received positive reactions from the critics at the pre-screening of the film.Eiko had already won an Oscar for his work for Dracula.
7.Jane Eyre
4 comments:
A great list here. I'm still pretty new to understanding what the costume branch goes for, but this seems reasonable. The only one I'm uncertain of is Harry Potter--not because of the quality, but because I wonder how many of the costumes are new to this film, as opposed to being taken from some of the others in the series?
I also heard a lot about Jane Eyre early in the season. I'm not sure if it will have the buzz to carry through though (or indeed, if buzz even matters in this category).
Again, great analysis!
thanks
yes i agree with you..i was also a little unsure whether to include Harry Potter as i felt the part one had more stronger costumes(the wedding ,the ministry of magic) i added it as war films are the favourite of AMPAS but your question is a valid one about how many costumes are new to this movie..i think i'll remove it from the list and will replace it with jane eyre.
actually jane eyre was like my eight prediction.i loved the movie and the performance of Mia and Michael in the film is amazing,especially Mia.the costumes in the films is also refreshing as michael o'connor is a talented designer.he had alreay won for the duchess in 2008.
thanks again.
Unfortunately I didn't get around to actually seeing Jane Eyre, but as you say O'Connor is really talented.
Now I'm a little nervous about my Harry Potter comment. If it turns out that I'm wrong, I hope you won't blame me too much for messing up your track record! ;-)
Avada Kevadra..lol..Harry Potter has a better shot in the visual effects and art direction category..As for Jane Eyre,i feel its the best depiction of the novel
Post a Comment