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4 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians.
3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only ...
5 days ago · One factor limiting sound movies in the pre-1955 era is that sound cameras were 16mm or larger and used optical sound recording on the film. The equipment was very expensive and generally used by professionals only. Tape sound recording was easier but generally used 1/4 inch reel-to-reel tape on large (and power-hungry) recorders.
5 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
5 days ago · This list of Academy Award winning movies is ordered by the number of statues each of these films brought home, so you can easily glance and see which films have won the most awards. It also lists the awards each film won and highlights those awards which are most coveted, the so-called Big Five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director ...
5 days ago · ARSC announces recipients of the ARSC Award for Independent Initiatives, recognizing individuals who are advancing the field of recorded sound on their own time and their own dime. Read more... Recordings of ARSC's Continuing Education Webinars are available to the public on ARSC's Aviary Site .
