2. THE OSCARS
The Academy Awards, now officially known as The Oscars, are a set of
awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The
Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is
one of nine types of Academy Awards. The awards are given each
year at a formal ceremony.

3. THE BEGINNING
The awards were first given in 1929 at a ceremony created for the awards, at the Hotel Roosevelt in
Hollywood at a private brunch at the hotel with an audience of about 270 people. The post Academy
Awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel. The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was
$5. Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the
filmmaking industry of the time for their works during the 1927–1928 period.

4. THE BEGINNING
Over the years that the award has been given, the categories presented have changed; currently
Oscars are given in more than a dozen categories, and include films of various types. As one of
the most prominent award ceremonies in the world, the Academy Awards ceremony is televised
live in more than 100 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its
equivalents, the Grammy Awards for music, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony
Awards for theater, are all modeled after the Academy Awards.

5. CURRENTLY
The 85th Academy Awards were held on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in
Los Angeles, California.

6. VOTING
 Since 2004, Academy Award nomination results have been announced to the public in late January. Prior
to that, the results were announced in early February.
 Academy membership is divided into different branches, with each representing a different discipline in
film production.
 Membership eligibility may be achieved by a competitive nomination or a member may submit a name
based on other significant contribution to the field of motion pictures.
 New membership proposals are considered annually.

7. WHERE IS IT HELD

8. RULES
Must open in the previous calendar
year, from midnight at the start of
January first to midnight at the end
of December thirty first, in Los
Angeles County, California, to qualify
Must be feature-length, defined as
minimum of 40 minutes, and must
exist either on 35 mm or 70 mm
film print or in 24 frame/s or
48 frame/s progressive scan digital
cinema format with native
resolution not less than 1280x720
Producers must submit an Official
Screen Credits online form before
the deadline; in case it is not
submitted by the defined
deadline, the film will be ineligible
for Academy Awards in any year.
The form includes the production
credits for all related categories.
Then, each form is checked and
put in a Reminder List of Eligible
Releases.

9. RULES

10. RULES

11. In late December ballots and copies of the Reminder List of Eligible
Releases are mailed to around 6000 active members. For most
categories, members from each of the branches vote to determine the
nominees only in their respective categories (i.e. only directors vote for
directors, writers for writers, actors for actors, etc.). There are some
exceptions in the case of certain categories, like Foreign
Film, Documentary and Animated Feature Film, in which movies are
selected by special screening committees made up of members from all
branches. In the special case of Best Picture, all voting members are
eligible to select the nominees for that category. Foreign films must
include English subtitles, and each country can submit only one film
per year.[29]
The members of the various branches nominate those in their respective
fields, while all members may submit nominees for Best Picture. The
winners are then determined by a second round of voting in which all
members are then allowed to vote in most categories, including Best
Picture.[30

12. NETWORK BROADCASTED ON

13. SIGNIFICABCE

14. CHOOSING

15. HOW NOMINATED

16. HOW ORGANIZED

17. COST

18. CAPACITY SEARUNG

19. HOW MANY CAN BE NOMINATED HOW MANY
CATEGORIES