The word Oscar means disambiguation.The
Oscar awards known as academic
awards.A set of awards given once in a year for intelligence and
excellence of cinematic achievements.Oscar statuette is named as Academy award
of merit and its included in nine types of academy awards.The Academy of Motion
Pictures Arts and Sciences(AMPAS) was originally started by Metro Goldwyn Mayer
studio executive Louis B.Mayer to help and improve the film industry image.The
awards were first given in 1929.Oscar given for more than dozen categories and
various types of films.This award is equal to Grammy Awards for music,The Emmy
Awards for television and Tony awards for theatre.The 85th Academy
awards were held on February 24,2013 and 86th award will be held on
March 2,2014 at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles.
The Oscar night is the world’s greatest
celebration party.Each year,the film world gather in Los Angeles to celebrate
the great films and best performance of the past year.The event is widely known
as pinnacle of media related awards
ceremonies and has honoured many film professional during Oscar party
celebrations.Oscar feature entries on seven major categories include
picture,director,actor,actress,supporting actor,supporting actress and foreign
language film.
The Oscar award nominees are
selected by Academy’s 6,000 members.They use secret ballots and organised by
the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.Final ballots are
mailed to voting members in late January and PrivatewaterhouseCoopers back to
prior date of the award function for final selection of the winners.AMPAS need
the auditors to maintain secret until the moment the show presenters open the
envelopes and reveal the winners on live TV.
The 24 main Academy awards categories
are Best Actor and Actress in a leading and supporting role,Best animated
features,Best animated short film,Best Art direction,Best cinematography,Best
Costume Design,Best director,Best Documentary feature,Best Documentary short
subject,Best Film Editing,Best Foreign language film,Best live Action short
film,Best Makeup,Best original score and song,Best picture,Best Sound editing
and mixing,Best visual effects,Best writing – adapted and original screenplay.
The Oscar statuette is made of gold plated Britannia and is affixed onto a black metal base.The Oscar is 13.5 inches tall and weigh