http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/oscars-alter-rules-for-best-original-song-nominees-20120831
In the previous years, the process to choose the nominees for Best Original Song, was based on only having songs that earned an average score. Last year, because of this method, there were only two nominees for Best Original Song. Based on this, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science decided to Change the rules in which the Best Original Song is voted on. The new method will have the music branch vote for songs and the five movies with the highest votes will become nominees for the award. To every positive, there is a negative, and in this case, by having the five highest voted songs(minimum), there is the chance that a song that isn't very good will end up a nominee for the Oscars.
This article caught my eye because it is about the Oscars changing the way they vote for their nominees. It may not seem like a big deal, but knowing that the Oscars is a prestigious award, hearing that they had to make some changes just shows that they were having some problems on choosing their nominees. In a way, they are kind of lowering the standard for the nominees in order to have more than just two nominees.
As a student, this benefits me because it shows that not everything is perfect and change is acceptable. As a "consumer" or audience this benefits because more songs will be nominated so there will be more variety. As a filmmaker it would be a dream to receive an Oscar for a movie you made, no mater what the award was for. Since the rules for getting more nominees changed making there need to be a minimum of five nominees, that opens up one's chance for their Best Original Song to be one of the nominees, giving them the chance to receive an award.
Since this rule was barely applied, I wonder if this will work out for the Oscars. If it doesn't work this time, will they decide to go back to the previous method, or will they continue to try out the new method for a few years.
i have the same questions as you running through my head. Winning an Oscar would be a great horror so, the fact that a song that may not be that good, could win the Oscar is kind of sad. We'll just have to wait and see if this new method will work out(:
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's fair for only music on top movies to be nominated. You could have the worst movie ever, but it could have the most inspiring music tracks. Top movies should not be given priority just because. Every single movie should be looked at and considered for possible nomination. You're right. The Oscars shouldn't be lowering their standards just because they're having issues. In fact, if they raised their standards, they might even have more songs to choose from, because it narrows down the field.
ReplyDeleteAn Academy Award is a very prestigious award and they should keep it that way! If a film, song, director, actor, or whatever it may be gets nominated it means that it was amazing and a true work of art. Not some thing made of Garageband. Although, I feel like Rio should have taken the award last year. That is all.
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