Oscars: Academy Asking For Members’ Input On Controversial Decisions To Pre-Record Some Categories, #FanFavorite And More

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After a somehwhat rocky Oscars with controversies surrounding the placement of several categories in a pre-show with taped acceptances inserted later into the broadcast, a #FanFavorite promotion on Twitter that went south and was largely dismissed when Zack Snyder commandeered his Twitter faithful into a victory for the Zombies in Vegas Netflix flick Army Of The Dead, and of course that instantly infamous Will Smith slap and all its reverberations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has apparently decided it is time to get input from the membership by way of a detailed survey that not only asks their members what they think of various Academy policies and initiatives, but even more pointedly some detailed questions about what they really think about this year’s Oscar show which was produced by Will Packer.The first part deals with engagement in the Academy, preferences or complaints about various AMPAS activities, questions about how Oscar voters are viewing movies they judge as well as what kind of equipment they have at home and what services they use including the Academy Screening Room, a digital online enterprise that completely replaced mailed screeners for the first time this year.

But the juiciest section is the second part all about Oscars. AMPAS leadership wants member input on what can be done to improve the Academy Awards in terms of both viewers and industry, and then some specifics about the divisive decision to pre-record select categories like Film Editing, Music Score, Production Design, and five other categories.

This led to much publicly expressed outrage among the affected artisans and others. The Academy is asking for opinions from suggesting “Pre-recording and editing in some award