Awards

Nominations, Artisanship Awards, and Special Recognition Awards

This page gives links to sources that post detailed information on national and international film awards. It also gives images of the “For Your Consideration” (Academy Awards) DVD screener from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as a sample of what some of the awards promotional materials are like.

Comprehensive Lists of Nominations and Awards

The Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) has many great features, among which are: cast and crew details, release dates and global ticket sales information, DVD release details, and nominations and awards information. For details on nominations for awards and special recognitions, IMDB is the most comprehensive listing I have found. They include worldwide awards, not simply the most well-known US and UK awards. They also include awards and special recognitions given by professional/artisan groups, organizations with specific interests, and the general public. (Note that awards may be given even several years after the movie is released.)

Currently – 2011 – the link to a film’s nominations and awards page is found near the bottom of the main IMDB page for the movie, along with links to multitudes of other details. The links below go directly to the IMDB Awards Page for that specific film.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Film released 2001).

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Film released 2002).

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Film released 2004).

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Film released 2005).

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Film released 2007).

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Film released 2009).

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Part 1] (Film released 2010).

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Part 2] (Film released 2011).

Academy Awards

For details on nomination categories, nominees, and awards for various films in the Harry Potter series, check these annual listing pages (below) on the Academy Awards/Oscars site. Note that even though each year’s Academy Award webpages are listed, there were not necessarily nominations or awards in a given year.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – 74th Academy Awards (Film released 2001; Ceremony, March 24, 2002). Nominations: Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan. Costume Design: Judianna Makovsky. Music (Original Score): John Williams.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – 75th Academy Awards (Film released 2002; Ceremony, March 23, 2003). Nominations: None.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 77th Academy Awards (Film released 2004; Ceremony, February 27, 2005). Nominations: Music (Original Score): John Williams. Visual Effects: Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson ,and Bill George

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – 78th Academy Awards (Film released 2005; Ceremony, March 5, 2006). Nominations: Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – 80th Academy Awards (Film released 2007; Ceremony, February 24, 2008). Nominations: None.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 82th Academy Awards (Film released 2009; Ceremony, March 7, 2010). Nominations: Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Part 1] – 83rd Academy Awards (Film released 2010; Ceremony, February 27, 2011). Nominations: Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan.Visual Effects: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, and Nicolas Aithadi.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Part 2] – 84th Academy Awards (Film released 2011; Ceremony February 26, 2012). Nominations: Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan. Makeup: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin. Visual Effects: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson.

Awards ~ “For Your Consideration” Screeners

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ~ Individual Song Screener

“For Your Consideration” Screener

There are at least two kinds of promotional DVDs (and, more frequently until perhaps the mid-2000 decade, VHSs) that are produced for a film or TV program. The first, which is more common to find and more familiar to fans, is the “For Your Consideration” awards screener, like the examples shown above from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (individual song/”Hedwig’s Song”) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (entire film). These DVDs (or VHSs) promote giving the show an award for excellence by the target group (such as Academy Awards for film, Grammy Awards for music, and Emmy Awards for television). Award screeners typically have a fairly subdued presentation – often a black DVD case insert with simple lettering, one or two colors for the lettering and logo, and no artwork (other than perhaps a film company logo); they also have the “For Your Consideration” slogan clearly printed on the front cover and some kind of similar notice appears periodically as the DVD is playing.

The second kind of screener is a “marketing” screener. This is given to product distributors and retail sellers. The cover and/or inside flap or insert contains information on video media release dates, manufacturer’s suggested retail price, media catalog and UPC numbers, and other sales details. For an example, see the marketing screener for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in the related Marketing Case Study page. It also appears there alongside the regular edition DVD for comparison purposes.

For both types of screeners, the DVD itself contains a notice at the beginning that the film is in an unfinished form in its video, audio, and/or special effects; and that it periodically shifts from color to black and white as a copy protection feature. Also, there is typically no “root menu” or “special features” on the DVD, just the opening notices and then the entire film, mini-series, or select program episodes.

What kind of information can we glean from award / “For Your Consideration” screeners?

• General credit details of cast, crew, and production.
• The categories of nominations that could be applicable to this particular film, and the specific individuals who are nominees.
• What aspects of the film’s production process those in charge feel are some of its strongest.

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