SSN Awards Originals: Mid-Season Report, SSN’s Exclusive Academy Member Oscar Poll, Marketing For Oscar Gold, Oscar Analysis: Warner Bros.

AWARDS ORIGINALS

MIDSEASON REPORT

 

SSN Awards Mid-Season Overview: Oscar Potential Contenders

We’re deep into awards season here at SSN and this year is proving to be a tough one. Not because there’s a dearth of great films and performances to debate about, but precisely because there are so many awards-worthy films out there. It has been a banner year for features - check out our midseason report here. (SSN)

SSN’s Exclusive Academy Member Oscar Poll

SSN is bringing you an insider look at the candid thoughts and uncensored perspectives of a handful of anonymous Academy members. Our esteemed group comes from all walks of industry life, representing a wide range of guilds, professions, and perspectives. Here’s a current take from our anonymous panel, as they let us in on what they’ve seen so far. (SSN)

Marketing Your Movie to Oscar Gold

Marketing strategies can begin as early as a film’s script stage or as late as its pickup at a fall festival. Here are some of the strategies that producers and distribs use in parlaying a film’s critical acclaim into boffo box office. (SSN)

Oscar Analysis Part One: Warner Bros. – The Big Box Office & The Elusive Oscar

Warner Bros. has consistently finished each of the last four years as one of the top-two highest-grossing studios, yet it’s failed to see a correspondingly impressive number of Oscar nominations. That might change this year though, thanks to the success of Gravity. (SSN)

OTHER ORIGINALS

 

On The Set For 12/16/13: 'The Zone' - Sequel To 'The Purge' - Starts For Universal Pictures

SSN’s weekly report on the latest films to start and wrap production. (SSN)