The award ceremony is in full swing, and the annual event is in full swing.

After kicking off, the winners were announced one after another: Best Live Action Short Film, Best Documentary Short Film and Best Documentary Feature, Best Animated Short Film and Best Animated Feature, Special Honorable Mention, Best Foreign Language Film...... The little golden figures have found their masters.

For the audience, after the opening highs/lows, the party has plateaued, and the awards are all in the third part of the less visible attention, but for those who are really focused on artistic creation, these awards are more valuable.

Although short films, documentaries and cartoons have received little or no attention, it is precisely these filmmakers who work and create quietly that form the cornerstone of the film industry. Countless top film masters have come from short films and documentaries, such as Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, and many more.

More and more people aspire to be successful, but fewer and fewer people are willing to start from the basics with a down-to-earth and conscientious foundation. Under the culture of the fast food era, the case of one step to the sky and overnight fame is really too tempting/seductive and incendiary. It's true for music, it's true for movies, it's about making art.

So, not only did Lan Li not get bored, but also browsed the nominees and winners of each award with relish. For example, among the five nominees for Best Documentary Feature, there is a familiar face, "The Man Who Returns from Hell", which landed at Sundance with "Love is Crazy", and after a long year of ups and downs, it is also harvest season.

Luckily, Lan Li is not alone. Ryan and Jessica, who sat on either side, also showed great interest in these works. The three of them exchanged opinions and occasionally mentioned ideas, and unconsciously tasted another layer of the Oscars. This is a windfall.

Among the above awards, it is worth mentioning the best animated feature film, in Pixar's absence, Warner Bros. teamed up with "Pirates" director Gore-Verbinski's animated film "Rango" to beat "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Puss in Boots" to win the award.

The competition for the best foreign language film is no suspense, since last year's Berlin Film Festival, it has swept thousands of troops "A Farewell", with an absolute advantage, deservedly won the first best foreign language film in history for Iran. Few of the other four nominees were able to make an effective impact.

Immediately afterwards, there were only two nominations for the Best Original Song Award, "The Muppet Movie" and "Rio Adventure", the former won the award, and the Best Makeup Award, "Iron Lady", "Male and Female", and "Harry Potter" won the competition.

In comparison, the competition between the two awards was not too fierce, which somewhat weakened the watchability of the awards ceremony, but the award that appeared immediately awakened the audience's emotions again, the best visual effects award.

This year's top five nominees are "Transformers 3", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)", "Iron Fist", "Hugo" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", and the competition is fierce.

The race for this award is one of the absolute hotspots this year, simply because of one technology: motion capture technology.

Robert-Zemeckis, the director of Forrest Gump, has spent nearly a decade studying the technology, and James Cameron is also a fan of it, believing that it will be the future of the film industry, enough to revolutionize the way movies are shot.

In order to concentrate on the study of this technology, Robert ended the filming of "The Rest of the Desert Island", and then blocked his career without sleep and food, and successively filmed three works, "Polar Express", "Beowulf" and "Christmas Carol", all of which were filmed using motion capture technology, but all three works suffered a fiasco, and Robert's directing career fell into a rut.

In fact, "Avatar" was filmed using exactly the same technique. However, this work has stolen countless attention because of the brilliant and colorful 3D technology, and people have ignored the important role of motion capture technology.

Over the past decade, motion capture technology has been the focus of technological innovation in the industry, along with 3D technology. The success of the two characters on the big screen in "The Lord of the Rings" Gollum and King Kong in "King Kong" further contributed to the vigorous research of George Lucas, Peter Jackson and others.

Last year, motion capture technology was a real groundbreaking success – and Robert Zemeckis was indebted.

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's "The Adventures of Tintin" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" with the "Avatar" special effects team on the set really awakened people's curiosity and enthusiasm for motion capture technology, which in turn sparked a heated discussion in the industry:

Can motion capture technology really change the film industry? Like the innovation of film technology such as Blu-ray, IMAX, and 3D, this technology has also sparked countless controversies and arguments.

After the Oscar nominations were announced, the Best Visual Effects award attracted the attention of countless industry bigwigs: "The Adventures of Tintin" was unsuccessful, and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was shortlisted.

To be precise, the other four works are all traditional computer special effects, and they are also the mainstream technology in the current film special effects industry.

However, if it can be officially affirmed by the academy, then the pace of technological innovation is bound to accelerate further, which will have an important impact on the entire film industry.

Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and a series of other top directors are cheering on, and before the awards ceremony, two industry magazines, "The Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety", have written special reports and conducted industry analysis. This also gives the Best Visual Effects award a special meaning.

Awards Announced——

Not "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", but "Hugo".

It's an underdog, but it's not an upset.

On the one hand, the promotion and implementation of any new technology is difficult, and the future of special effects capture technology still has a long way to go, but on the other hand, "Hugo" defeated "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", and also defeated three other visual effects masterpieces, showing the strong demeanor of a popular work!

So, what does this mean? Is this an important signal, a signal that "Hugo" will be at the top of Best Picture? A signal that Martin Scorsese will work miracles again? A signal that the Weinstein brothers' calculations have failed?

But if you think about it, the core major awards department, "Hugo" has fallen in an all-round way, and if you want to get your hands on the best picture, then the technical department can't afford to lose. So far, the three statuettes are in hand, which is just a testament to the momentum of the leader of the first group of "Hugo", as for the trend of the best picture, we still need to see the next awards.

After the award of the best visual effects award, there were regrets and shocks, and the first half of the award ceremony ended, with lingering and suspense.

After returning from the second half, the awards ceremony finally returned to the track, and the first awards were the Best Supporting Actor Award and the Best Supporting Actress Award, which also means that the awards ceremony entered the second half and began to speed up.

Melissa Leo, who won Best Supporting Actress for "The Fighter" last year, took to the stage to reveal the Best Supporting Actor award. The five nominees are Christopher Plummer for "Beginners", Kenneth Branagh for "My Week with Monroe", Jonah Hill for "Moneyball", Nick Knott for "The Warriors", and Max von Sidord for "Very Loud, Very Close".

It was the least suspenseful of all the awards tonight, and Christopher Plummer swept all the awards at all major awards shows throughout the awards season, leaving little room for an upset, while the other four contenders were far from each other in terms of strength and PR.

In the end, Christopher Plummer was easily crowned with an absolutely strong attitude! At the age of eighty-three, he became the oldest golden man winner in Oscar history.

The actor, who made a name for himself with "The Sound of Music", traveled Hollywood and Broadway for half a century, and finally won his first statuelin and made history. The audience gave a collective standing ovation and paid high respect, which became the most moving scene after the start of the awards ceremony tonight.

The Best Supporting Actress award that was awarded later also lacked suspense.

Octavia Spencer, who was nominated for "help", also has a clear advantage.

Among the other nominees, Melissa McCarthy of "Bridesmaids" and Jenny McTeer of "Androgynous" are exemplars of "nomination is victory", while Jessica Chastain, who is the most threatening in terms of strength, has little advantage in her ability to pull the vote because she is from the same "help" work as Octavia.

The only challenger is the "artist" Bejenice Beccio. Bergenice, who could have competed for the heroine, was "demoted" to the supporting actress department, with obvious strength and momentum, and at the same time, with the escort of the Weinstein brothers, the college's public relations performance was strong. If there is a dark horse, Bergenis is the only candidate.

However, there are no upsets.

Christian Bale opened the envelope and then said the name of "Octavia Spencer", putting an end to all speculation and suspense, and the stalwart actress who has starred in countless American dramas and movies finally broke through the darkness and broke out of the sky to have a place in Hollywood's Vanity Fair.

Whether it is Best Foreign Language Film, Best Animated Feature, Best Visual Effects, or Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, all the important awards lack unpopularity and surprises, as well as suspense and surprises.

If this trend continues, the Weinstein brothers will once again dominate the Oscars.