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Answer the following questions on this sheet with typed responses and turn in on Canvas 

Assignments on Monday. You don’t have to watch the Oscars to complete this sheet, although 

ultimately you need to know the winners. Use the official site for help:  

http://oscar.go.com/nominees

Do a little research:

1. Who is in the “Academy” that gives the Academy Awards?

2. Use the Academy Awards ballot at 

http://oscar.go.com/nominees to 

guess

who might win the 

following categories based on the values the film, director, actors or cinematographers represent. 

Look up information on IMDb and other online movie sources if you haven’t seen the films. 

a. Best Actor

and 

Actress in a Leading Role

b. Best Motion Picture

and 

Best Animated Film

c. Best Achievement in Directing (look up Spike Lee’s other films. Would you consider him an 

auteur

? Why or why not? Other directors on this list who are 

auteurs

in your opinion?)

d. Best Achievement in Cinematography

Then watch the Academy Awards or review the information online or in the newspaper 

after the fact to answer the following:

3. Who won best actor and actress in leading roles?  What do you think the Academy was 

responding to and celebrating about these 2 performances? (Connections to this week’s reading 

are appreciated!)

4. What film won Best Motion Picture, and Best Animated Film and why did the Academy 

voters respond positively to these films in particular, in your opinion?

5. Who won Best Achievement in Directing? What aspect of the film do you think led the 

Academy to reward this director? Or was it an aspect of the director’s career that was being 

rewarded?

6. Who won Best Achievement in Cinematography? Why do you think this work was celebrated 

in particular?