The Underdog Awards 2015: Part 5

The Underdog Awards

Writing Category

(Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay)

 

Welcome back to the Underdog Awards.

Bogged down by a set of pieces I am unfamiliar with, my awards have taken longer than expected and read longer than they should have.

So we're going to get a little funky and quicker this time round, cause this is my domain.

Writing.

I'm loving writing, thinking of ideas, making them into stories and trying my hand at (frankly amateurish right now) screenplays.

I promise you these will be short and hopefully efficient. Plus it will finish faster

So let's get on with it...

The Underdog Awards 2015: Part 3

The Underdog Awards

Music Category

(Best Score and Best Soundtrack)

 

 

 

Before I dive right in, let me first make a slight edit. In my rush to put out the Underdog Awards, I forgot to really analyze a lot of my nominees especially the music section which I am weak at judging. As such I was unable to really decide whether a few films really deserved their nomination in these sections.

Specifically speaking of the soundtrack and the difference it has to the background score. See the soundtrack can be the overall collection of sound elements such as dialogue, songs and score in a film. Or it can simply be the licensed music used within a film.

Where as the score is an instrumental piece created for the benefit of producing the right atmosphere of a film.

In favor I thus removed both Only Lovers Left Alive and Inherent Vice from the soundtrack, despite them having licensed music. I felt however the Begin Again and The Guest were better for it, with some music I could personally get behind and gave feel to their own severely underrated films.

So anyways, let's just move on and here goes...

The Underdog Awards 2015: Part 4

The Underdog Awards

Technical Category Part 1

(Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best VFX)

 

 

Unofficially sponsored by Whistling Woods International School of Filmmaking.

This is because all that I've learned in excess and detail about the technical aspects of film making comes from their teachings. It gives me the bravery and strength to include these vital sections into my awards show this year.

So why not just get straight to it, cause this one's going to be a long one.

The Underdog Awards 2015: Part 2

The Underdog Awards

Best Documentary Feature/Best Foreign Language Film

Welcome to the Second Annual Underdog Awards!

The first awards we will begin with are for the feature film category.

Every year the Academy Awards tons of great Documentaries and Foreign films, so why should the Underdog Awards stay behind?

I'd like to first give a special mention to the documentary Life Itself based on the life and times of renowned critic Roger Ebert. I was sadly unable to watch this gem, which was lauded around the world but didn't secure an Oscar nomination.

Of the foreign language, you already know the rules. 

Anyways now onto the bigger things...

The Underdog Awards 2015: Part 1

The Underdog Awards

Hall of Fame 2015

Welcome to the second annual Underdog Awards. 

This year the awards celebrate everything about the underrated, and that also applies to the men and women who for years have worked their ass of without the recognition they deserve (and yes that applies to Gary Oldman as well). 

The first ever Hall of Fame aims celebrate the careers of five individuals who have changed the shape of a brand of cinema with their works. They are chameleons (Oldman), champions (Weaver), visionaries (Jodorowsky), magicians (Ballhaus) and eccentrics (Kaufman). 

If anything, these five are great artists that deserve to be celebrated so let's get it on.