Oscar
Oscar
Oscar
Abhishek Mishra
Shivling Dangar
Radhika
History
On May 11, 1927, a week after the state granted the Academy a charter as
a non-profit organization, an official organizational banquet was held at the
Biltmore Hotel.
Of the 300 guests, 230 joined the Academy, paying $100 each.
That night, the Academy also awarded its first honorary membership, to
Thomas Edison.
Initially five branches were established: producers, actors, directors, writers
and technicians.
Continued Growth
A scholarship program for film students was established in the mid 1960s;
starting in 1968, grants were awarded to film-related organizations and
colleges for internships, film festivals and other projects.
In 1972, the Academy began the National Film Information Service to offer
access to library materials for historians, students and others outside Los
Angeles.
A year later, the Student Academy Awards Committee was established to
recognize and encourage promising college and university filmmakers.
Oscar statuette
Although there are seven other types of annual awards presented by the Academy
plus two awards that are not presented annually, the best known one is the
Academy Award of Merit more popularly known as the Oscar statuette.
Made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34 cm) tall,
weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a
crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes.
In 1928, MGM's art director Cedric Gibbons, one of the original Academy members,
supervised the design of the award trophy by printing the design on a scroll.
In need of a model for his statuette, Gibbons was introduced by his future wife
Dolores del Ro to Mexican film director and actor Emilio "El Indio" Fernndez.
Reluctant at first, Fernndez was finally convinced to pose nude to create what
today is known as the "Oscar"
Naming
One biography of Bette Davis claims that she named the Oscar after her
first husband, band leader Harmon Oscar Nelson, one of the earliest
mentions in print of the term Oscar dates back to a Time magazine article
about the 1934 6th Academy Awards.
Walt Disney is also quoted as thanking the Academy for his Oscar as early
as 1932.
Headquarters
Multiple reasons were stated for the fading allure of the Oscars
The changing entertainment paradigms of the US populance,
declining monopoly of Oscar in film awards,
failure of Oscars to appeal to the younger generation,
reduction in the number of blockbusters and the gloomy conditions in the
Hollywood film productions contributed to the declining viewership of the
Oscar Nights.
Telecasting different games and sports, especially football and baseball, on
television caught the awe of the American youth and in turn reduced the
importance of movies as a major source of entertainment.
Winners
2014
1927
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