The Academy Awards Oscars 28th 2016 definitely remains one of the long-awaited event for both the actors and movie lovers, especially in Hollywood. Not just about what and who is likely to win the gold trophy, but interesting details about her nomination is always so interesting discussion. Starting from the type of the player character or theme of the story is nominated, the number of nominations, to the history of each nominee at the Oscars.
Here are 5 Facts About Oscar Nominations 2016 :
1. The number of Jury Members More Than 6,000
One thing that most distinguishes the Oscars with other film awards event in the world is the way of judgment. Oscar was the first to implement the voting system of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which is composed of film workers who become members by way get a special invitation from the AMPAS. Every year, they commissioned choose nominees for their respective fields of professions, and then finally select the winners in each category.
AMPAS himself never reveal details of its members, but it is known is a member of AMPAS has the right to choose the nominees and Oscar winner currently numbering 6,261 people. AMPAS membership itself is divided of 17 branches by the field of profession. Not only from areas that are contested category in Oscar-directors, actors, writers, designers, documentary, and others, but also areas of support such as stylists casting, the film company executives, and public relations.
2. 60% of Real People
Film based on true stories do tend to be the favorite in the event the Oscars each year. It also returns seen from the composition of the main nominations in the Oscars 2016. This year, the trend was more conspicuous in acting categories, namely Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. From a total of 20 actors and actresses nominated in these categories, accounting for 12 people, or 60 percent, who plays a real character.
In the Best Actor category, four of the five actors nominated for his role based on a real character. They are Michael Fassbender as a computer genius Steve Jobs Steve Jobs in the film; Eddie Redmayne as the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery, Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl; Bryan Cranston as controversial Hollywood writer Dalton Trumbo in Trumbo; and Leonardo DiCaprio as the wild American survivor Hugh Glass, The Revenant.
Four of the five places in the Supporting Actor category was also filled by actors who play real people. No Christian Bale as a economist Dr. Michael Burry in The Big Short; Mark Ruffalo as a reporter in the film Mike Rezendes Spotlight; Mark Rylance as a KGB spy Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies; and Tom Hardy as an accomplished hunter John Fitzgerald in The Revenant.
While the proportion of the cast based on a real character in the actress category is not as prominent actors. In the Best Actress category No Jennifer Lawrence who plays the creator of cutting-edge mop Joy Joy Mangano in the movie. In the Best Supporting Actress, three actresses who play the real figure. They are Rachel McAdams as a reporter Sacha Pfeiffer, Spotlight; Alicia Vikander as the wife of a transgender woman Lili Elbe in the film The Danish Girl; and Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, head of marketing for Apple company Steve Jobs in the film.
3. Dual Nominations Best Picture
Double nominations in the category of an Oscar in the same year is not new anymore. However, a fairly rare is a double nomination in the category of Best Picture or Best movie, which nominated the film producer. This year, the name of the producer Steve Golin of Anonymous Content production house successfully put two films that also her production in Best Picture, namely The Revenant and Spotlight.
On the other hand, the production house New Regency also successfully put two movies that participated produces, The Big Short and The Revenant in this category, although the name of the producer listed on both films is different. While in terms of distributor, 20th Century Fox won three places in the Best Picture nominations for the Bridge of Spies, The Revenant, and The Martian. Plus there is Brooklyn, British film distributed in the US by Fox Searchlight, a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.
4. Record-breaking Nomination Most
This year there are some individuals who record Oscar nomination in his career. Film-maker Steven Spielberg this year succeeded in placing Bridge of Spies as one of the Best Picture nominees, as well as the nomination fulfills the ninth Spielberg as a producer on the Best Picture category, the highest number of Oscar nominations of any producer.
Roger Deakins as cinematographer is still continuing his record-camera or a stylist who is still alive with the most nominations in the category of Best Cinematography. Nominations were gained through the film Sicario add the number of nominations this year to 13, but unfortunately he has not won a single Oscar.
Costumes Sandy Powell entered two nominations this year for Best Costume Design at once in passing Cinderella and Carol. This means he has received 12 nominations throughout his career, which is the largest number in this category for the costume stylist who is still alive. Similarly soundman Andy Nelson, who this year entered two nominations at once at the Best Sound Mixing for the film Bridge of Spies and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making it collected 20 nominations in this field, equaling the record of Kevin O'Connell.
However, the most prominent is the composer John Williams, for record 45th nomination in the category of Best Original Music Score through Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Coupled with ever gets nominated in the category of Best Original Song, Williams has collected 50 Oscar nominations throughout his career, as well as reinforcing as individuals who are still living with the highest number of Oscar nominations at the Oscars. While the most nominations in the history record is still held by the late Walt Disney with 59 nominations during her life.
5. Actors 'Superhero' Sign Nomination
Oscar nominees this year were again filled by some of the actors and actresses who have played a role in a Hollywood superhero movie. This time there are five in number, who have played a role in the film adaptation of the comic superhero, both of Marvel and DC Comics.
They are Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) ever become Magneto, and his colleague Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) who've become Mystique in X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse. Then there are Christian Bale (The Big Short) which is also known as an actor Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy, also Tom Hardy (The Revenant) so ever the enemy of Batman, Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. Not to forget there is Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight), which is known as an actor Hulk in The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron.