Oscar Picks

It’s Oscar week. I’m excited, and unashamed of that. And now that it’s a week out, it’s time to make my picks. Last year I went 15 for 24, for a 63% success rate. Can I beat last year’s score? We’ll see, here are my picks.

Before I list them out, here’s the picks in video form. I used two pieces of music, the first being an excerpt from Trent Reznor’s score for The Social Network, my pick for Best Original Score. The second being “I See The Light” from Tangled, my pick for Best Original Song.

Best Picture

The Social Network

Best Director

David Fincher for The Social Network

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Colin Firth  for The King’s Speech

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale for The Fighter

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Best Original Screenplay

David Seidler for The King’s Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network

Best Animated Feature

How To Train Your Dragon

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful

Best Documentary Feature

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Best Original Score

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross for The Social Network

Best Original Song

Alan Menken & Glenn Slater for “I See The Light” from Tangled

Best Cinematography-

Wally Pfister for Inception

Best Film Editing-

Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall for The Social Network

Best Art Direction-

Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias & Douglas A. Mowat for Inception

Best Costume Design-

Jenny Beavan for The King’s Speech

Best Make-Up –

Rick Baker & Dave Elsey for The Wolfman

Best Sound Editing-

Richard King for Inception

Best Sound Mixing

Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo & Ed Novick for Inception

Best Visual Effects-

Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb & Paul J. Franklin for Inception

Best Documentary: Short Subject-

The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Short Film: Animated-

Day & Night

Best Short Film: Live Action-

The Crush