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Why the Best International Film Oscar Requires a Country, Not Just a Film
The Best International Feature Film Oscar is credited to a country, not a person. The rules behind the one-film-per-country system explain why.
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Movie Reshoots — Why Movies Get Reshot: How Reshoots and Additional Photography Actually Work
Reshoots are not always a bad sign. Here is how pick-ups, reshoots, and additional photography actually work after a film wraps.
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Screen Door Effect Explained: Why Projectors and VR Headsets Show a Faint Grid
The artifact gets its name from a porch screen, and it shows up wherever pixels get stretched large and viewed up close.
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Sound Editing Oscar: How the Oscar Sound Editing and Sound Mixing Branches Split One Craft Into Two Races
The Oscars once honored sound in two races: one for building the sounds, one for balancing them. Here is the difference between the two crafts.
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Film Score Process: How Film Composers Score a Movie, From Temp Track to Final Mix
Film composers work from a temp track to a spotting session to a short writing window and a final recording. Here is how a movie score gets made, step by step.
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Celebrity Look Alike — Celebrity Lookalikes: Why We Love Faces That Resemble Stars
A look-alike, or double, is a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another person, excluding cases like twins and other instances of family resemblance. Some look-alikes have been notable individuals in their own right, such as the actresses Margot Robbie and Jaime Pressley.
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Awards Ceremony Music Explained: Walk-Up Stingers, Play-Offs and Why Trophy Shows Sound That Way
The fanfare, the walk-up sting and the merciless play-off cue are all doing the same job: keeping a live broadcast on schedule.
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Hollywood Sign Guide: The 1923 Billboard That Became an Icon, and Where to See It Best
The backstory of the hillside letters, plus the practical ways to view them without a trespassing citation.
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How the Hollywood Studio System Still Shapes Franchises, Stars and Streaming Deals
The contract-star era ended decades ago, but its business logic runs today's slate meetings.
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Awards Won by Daveigh Chase: From Donnie Darko to Lilo
A cult-favorite child performance built a career the major academies never quite measured.