{"id":2324,"date":"2019-02-26T15:35:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2019-02-26T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:35:23","slug":"aus-oscar-ballot-how-did-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2019\/02\/26\/aus-oscar-ballot-how-did-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"AU’s Oscar Ballot – How Did We Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n

84 AU community members entered our Oscar Ballot contest. Our winner got 16 correct, while one ballot only got 4 correct. There were some good surprises during the ceremony Sunday night (like Olivia Colman winning her well-deserved best actress statuette), and some not so-great surprises (Green Book winning Best Picture? Really?), overall our entrants were pretty accurate in predicting the outcomes of each category. Here\u2019s a look at AU\u2019s picks to win (the nominees with the majority of your votes), and how we did in each category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Roma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academy Pick: Green Book<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m with Spike Lee on this one\u2014 I was not expecting Green Book <\/em>to walk away with this award. In fact, only 6 of our 82 ballots picked Green Book<\/em>. Roma <\/em>was far and away the favorite, with 39 votes, followed by Black Panther<\/em> with 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actor in a\nLeading Role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Rami Malek, Bohemian\nRhapsody<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy\u2019s Pick: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actress in a\nLeading Role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Glenn Close, The Wife<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Olivia Colman, The Favourite<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve never been happier to be wrong in my life. All the buzz was around Glenn Close, and I picked her for my ballot, but I really, really<\/em> wanted Olivia Colman to win. Her performance as Queen Anne in The Favourite <\/em>blew me away. Overall, Colman only received 15 votes (tied with Yalitza Aparicio) to Glenn Close\u2019s 31. Lady Gaga was the second overall pick with 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actor in a\nSupporting Role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Mahershala Ali, Green Book<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Mahershala Ali, Green Book<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No surprises here, as Ali received more than double the number of votes than our second-place pick Adam Driver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actress in a\nSupporting Role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Regina King, If\nBeale Street Could Talk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, no surprises, as Regina King was a force to be\nreckoned with in Beale Street<\/em>. Her\ndress was also probably my favorite of the night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animated\nFeature Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Spider-Man:\nInto the Spider-Verse<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Spider-Man:\nInto the Spider-Verse<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This should have been nominated for Best Picture, just\nsaying. 67 of you chose Spider-Man, a whopping 77 % of our total voters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Roma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Roma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Costume Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Ruth Carter, Black\nPanther<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Ruth Carter, Black Panther<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See my blog post from a few weeks ago. A very, very\nwell-deserved win for Ruth Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked Spike Lee (the second overall pick at AU), but\nthe majority of you got it right. 44 votes for Cuaron, and 28 votes for Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documentary\n(Feature)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: RBG<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Free\nSolo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of all the ones the AU voices got wrong, this was the most off. 49 of you voted for RBG<\/em>, and Free Solo<\/em>, the actual winner, only got 16 of your votes, just edging out Minding the Gap<\/em> in third with 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documentary\n(Short Subject)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Black\nSheep<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Period.\nEnd of Sentence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This race was actually very close. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Film Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Bohemian\nRhapsody<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Bohemian\nRhapsody<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Language\nFilm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Roma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Roma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makeup and\nHairstyling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Mary,\nQueen of Scots<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Vice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU was more wowed by the ornate (though historically inaccurate)\nhairdos on display in Mary, Queen of\nScots<\/em> than Christian Bale\u2019s transformation into Dick Cheney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music (Original\nScore)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Ludwig Goransson, Black Panther<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Ludwig Goransson, Black Panther<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music (Original\nSong)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Lady Gaga, Shallow\n<\/em>(A Star is Born)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Lady Gaga, Shallow <\/em>(A Star is Born)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady Gaga blew away her nearest competition (Kendrick Lamar\u2019s\nAll the Stars<\/em>) 68-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production\nDesign<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Black\nPanther<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Black\nPanther<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah Beachler is the first African-American to win this\naward. She essentially built Wakanda from the ground up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animated Short\nFilm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Bao<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Bao<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Action\nShort Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Mother<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Skin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skin <\/em>was AU\u2019s\nthird pick overall, behind Mother <\/em>and\nMarguerite<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Bohemian\nRhapsody<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Bohemian\nRhapsody <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Mixing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Bohemian\nRhapsody<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Bohemian\nRhapsody <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visual Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Avengers:\nInfinity War<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: First\nMan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Man <\/em>was\nAU\u2019s second overall choice with 16 votes. Avengers\n<\/em>garnered 44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adapted\nScreenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: BlacKkKlansman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academy Pick: BlacKkKlansman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Spike Lee jumping into Samuel L. Jackson\u2019s arms doesn\u2019t\nbring you joy, I don\u2019t know what will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AU Pick: Roma <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Pick: Green\nBook<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roma <\/em>just\nnarrowly edged out Green Book <\/em>with AU\nvoters 27-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how did we do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, AU voters selected 16\/24 of the winners. Given\nsome of the night\u2019s surprises, I\u2019d say that\u2019s a pretty good record. <\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

84 AU community members entered our Oscar Ballot contest. Our winner got 16 correct, while one ballot only got 4 correct. There were some good surprises during the ceremony Sunday night (like Olivia Colman winning her well-deserved best actress statuette), and some not so-great surprises (Green Book winning Best Picture? Really?), overall our entrants were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academy-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}