The producers of this year’s Oscar broadcast informed nominees that they need to be present at the ceremony to receive their tributes on camera, and not for Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) calls.
Reactivate the sound, please: The April 25 broadcast will be held at Union Station in Los Angeles with only the nominees, their guests and presenters present. Some segments of the show will originate from the Hollywood Dolby Theater.
Broadcast producers are unwilling to repeat the problems that hampered the recent Golden Globe Awards show, with nominees housed at home and participating virtually through Zoom connections that created multiple distractions and gaffes, especially when Daniel Kaluuya’s acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor was done while his zoom screen was still muted.
In a letter to Oscar nominees, the show’s producers – Emmy nominee Jesse Collins (“Zoboomafoo”), Oscar nominee Stacey Sher (“Django Unchained” and “Erin Brockovich”) and Oscar winner Steven Sonderbergh ( best director for “Traffic” of 2000 ”) – insisted that the pandemic health crisis COVID-19 will not interfere with a personal event.
“We are making a great effort to provide a safe and enjoyable evening for all of you personally, as well as for all the millions of film fans around the world, and we feel that the virtual will lessen these efforts,” says the letter. .
“For those of you who are unable to attend due to scheduling or continuing to travel, we want you to know that there will be no option to expand the show. We are doing everything possible to provide a safe and NICE night for all of you personally, as well as for all the millions of movie fans worldwide, and we feel that the virtual will lessen these efforts.
Walt Disney Co’s (NYSE: DIS) ABC airs the 93rd annual ceremony.
Who are you wearing? The fashion element, which is a tradition both in Oscar broadcasts and in the presentation of the statuettes, was also raised by producers who did not want a repeat of the stripped and often eccentric Golden Globe exhibits, including Jason Sudeikis’ tie. hoodie and Bill Murray Hawaiian shirt.
“Our goal is a fusion of Inspiration and Aspiration, which in real words means that formal is totally cool if you want to go there, but casual really isn’t,” says the letter.
And although the letter did not specifically mention the ratings, Oscar producers certainly do not want to mirror the Golden Globe’s disastrous lack of audience: Nielsen said the show had a 63% drop year after year of total viewers, dropping from 18.4 million in 2020 to 6.9 million for the recent show.
(Photo: Renee Zellweger with her Oscar for Best Actress at the 2020 Oscar ceremony. Photography courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.)
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