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Answer the following questions on this sheet with typed responses and turn in on Canvas Assignments on Monday. You don't have to watch the Oscars to complete this sheet, although ultimately you need to know the winners. Use the official site for help:

Do a little research:

1. Who is in the "Academy" that gives the Academy Awards?

2. Use the Academy Awards ballot to guess who might win the following categories based on the values the film, director, actors or cinematographers represent.

Look up information on IMDb and other online movie sources if you haven't seen the films.

a. Best Actor and Actress in a Leading Role

b. Best Motion Picture and Best Animated Film

c. Best Achievement in Directing (look up Spike Lee's other films. Would you consider him an auteur? Why or why not? Other directors on this list who are auteurs in your opinion?)

d. Best Achievement in Cinematography

Then watch the Academy Awards or review the information online or in the newspaper after the fact to answer the following:

3. Who won best actor and actress in leading roles? What do you think the Academy was responding to and celebrating about these 2 performances? (Connections to this week's reading are appreciated!)

4. What film won Best Motion Picture, and Best Animated Film and why did the Academy voters respond positively to these films in particular, in your opinion?

5. Who won Best Achievement in Directing? What aspect of the film do you think led the Academy to reward this director? Or was it an aspect of the director's career that was being rewarded?

6. Who won Best Achievement in Cinematography? Why do you think this work was celebrated in particular?