Best Actor Photography Shack Guide
Best Actor Recognized For Their Skills
By Judd Walker
Everyone knows about the Academy Awards that are given
for movies every year. It has become a major deal for
celebrities, as well as for the average person.
For celebrities, you have it made if you walk the red
carpet at the Oscars, and you are truly considered a
great actor if you win the award for best actor or best
actress. The history of the Oscars is quite interesting,
and it is truly exciting to learn about something so
important in the entertainment industry.
The Academy Awards show started around eighty years
ago. The Oscar, which is the actual award, depicts a
knight holding a sword standing on a roll of film. This
is the same design that is still in use today.
Evolution Of Academy Award Nominations
In the earliest years, actors and actresses were nominated
for their performances as a whole, in all of their movies,
and so, the best actor or actress was nominated because
he or she did well in all of their films. After the
third year, however, the academy decided to nominate
actors in one film only, each year.
As well, in the beginning, all film actors were lumped
together into one category. It wasn’t until the 9th
Academy Awards show that they incorporated the awards
for best supporting actor and best supporting actress.
Foreign Movies Are Now Nominated
This decision was made because organizations, such
as the Screen Actors Guild, complained that the leading
actors were always winning because they had longer screen
times to show off their skills. When the Oscar awards
were first started, only American movies were represented,
but in recent years there has been a much greater foreign
presence.
With the Academy Awards having gone on for such a long
time, you might think that there have been a lot of
repeat winners for best actor. However, this occurrence
has actually been quite rare.
Winning More Than One Statue
Movie actors who have won more than one statue encompass
such names as: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Tom Hanks,
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Cooper and Dustin Hoffman. Nearly
every actor aspires to win an Oscar at some point. Usually,
this prestigious award is only given to dramatic, character
actor performances.
Comedies are usually over-looked when it comes to handing
out the acting awards, as are young actors. In more
recent years, the category of "animated picture"
has been added, and they are usually light-hearted films,
but other than for special effects, film editing or
the music, these are usually not numbered among the
movies for nominated actors.
A Host With A Sense Of Humour
Of course, there are always exceptions to this rule.
The host of the academy awards is usually somewhat of
a comedic professional. Jokes are made throughout the
night about the actors and actresses, and depending
on the host, political jokes are made as well.
The Academy Awards show is a wonderful tradition to
celebrate movie actors and their skills. Actors who
win the best actor or best actress award usually goes
on to make more incredible films.
It is interesting to see how something that started
so small has turned into the huge deal that it is today.
It is always a good thing to celebrate great talent
in any form. The Oscars represent a great tradition,
and one that hopefully will always carry on.
About the Author:
Judd Walker has written a number of articles on digital
photography, video and modeling including Become
A Model, Fashion
Models, Female
Models, Movie
Camera, Best
Digital Camcorder, Film
Director, Funny
Video Clips.
Keep a lookout as more articles from this author appear
on this website in the near future.
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