Art Directors Guild

[Sonic Youth]

Although I didn't love "Dragon Tattoo", any awards it wins for Art Direction is well deserved.

As for Tree of Life, how much of the authenticity can be attributed to the sets vs. the overall production (costumes, hair & makeup, etc.) I honestly don't remember any sets other than the childhood home.

[rolotomasi99]

OscarGuy wrote
If Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy can make the list, then The Tree of Life should have been able to. I'm guessing The Tree of Life may be struggling to find interest among the voters.

The Tree of Life should be in there for sure. It's great! But Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy absolutely has the best production design of the year.

I also admired the authentic (to my eyes) design of those two films, but I was not sure what was actually created for the movies and what was just well preserved old buildings.

Does anyone know how it works with the Academy for determining sets versus real buildings? Are the set designer Academy members just trusted to know the difference between something built for the movie and something the location scouts found? Do the studios send the Academy information on which movies had elaborate sets?

If all the interiors in THE TREE OF LIFE and TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY were sets, then they should obviously be nominated. However, if the majority of the locations used were just well preserved old buildings then it would not be fair to nominate them over films with actual sets they built themselves.

For the Guild, I also wonder how they know which films deserve nominations for the Contemporary sets? Is it just some sixth sense set designers have for telling the difference between a set and an actual location?

[nightwingnova]

Though I haven't seen every movie on this list:

Period: Hugo
Fantasy: no preference
Contemporary: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

And the Extremely Loud comeback (nay! sweep!) begins here!

Period Film
ANONYMOUS Production Designer: Sebastian Krawinkel
THE ARTIST Production Designer: Laurence Bennett
THE HELP Production Designer: Mark Ricker
HUGO Production Designer: Dante Ferretti
TINKER TAYLOR SOLDIER SPY Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic


Fantasy Film
THE ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN: THE SECRET UNICORN Production Designer: TBD
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs
COWBOYS & ALIENS Production Designer: Scott Chambliss
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 Production Designer: Stuart Craig
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Production Designer: John Myhre


Contemporary Film
BRIDESMAIDS Production Designer: Jefferson Sage
THE DESCENDANTS Production Designer: Jane Anne Stewart
DRIVE Production Designer: Beth Mickle
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt

[Sabin]

OscarGuy wrote
If Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy can make the list, then The Tree of Life should have been able to. I'm guessing The Tree of Life may be struggling to find interest among the voters.

The Tree of Life should be in there for sure. It's great! But Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy absolutely has the best production design of the year.

[rolotomasi99]

And the Extremely Loud comeback (nay! sweep!) begins here!

Hopefully the only precursor the film will have, though it might also get a contemporary costume nomination.

[OscarGuy]

Here's my quick commentary on the nominations:

http://www.cinemasight.com/precursor-16 ... ions-2011/

If Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy can make the list, then The Tree of Life should have been able to. I'm guessing The Tree of Life may be struggling to find interest among the voters.

[Big Magilla]

Brideshit again!

[Damien]

How in the world could they not have nominated The Tree of Life -- probably the best, most accurate '50s recreation I've ever seen (and subtle, too). Guess they must all be jealous of Jack Fisk.

[Sabin]

And the Extremely Loud comeback (nay! sweep!) begins here!

Period Film
ANONYMOUS Production Designer: Sebastian Krawinkel
THE ARTIST Production Designer: Laurence Bennett
THE HELP Production Designer: Mark Ricker
HUGO Production Designer: Dante Ferretti
TINKER TAYLOR SOLDIER SPY Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic


Fantasy Film
THE ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN: THE SECRET UNICORN Production Designer: TBD
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs
COWBOYS & ALIENS Production Designer: Scott Chambliss
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 Production Designer: Stuart Craig
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Production Designer: John Myhre


Contemporary Film
BRIDESMAIDS Production Designer: Jefferson Sage
THE DESCENDANTS Production Designer: Jane Anne Stewart
DRIVE Production Designer: Beth Mickle
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt