As the tradition calls, here’s another breakdown of the figures behind Oscars 2022. All the research was made by frame.io. We just took the data and put it into nice and neat user-friendly slides, plus a summary graph. Check it out.

Oscars 2022 – Best Picture Nominees: Budget, Crew, Shooting Days, and Post

Thanks to frame.io we can reveal the figures behind Oscars 2022. Frame/io’s Workflow Breakdown refers to the 2022 Oscars Best Picture Nominees. In continuation to the articles regarding the cameras and lenses of the 94th Academy Awards contenders, this data is even more intriguing as it shows the figures of every major nominee. Just to be clear here: The survey was crafted by frame.io. We just took the data and put it into cool slides. Furthermore, we built a graph that shows the segmentations of these figures (discussion ahead). This year’s Best Picture nominees are: CODA, Drive My Car, Belfast, The Power of the Dog, Licorice Pizza, King Richard, Nightmare Alley, West Side Story, Don’t Look Up, and Dune. Notice that we arranged the list in a specific order, from the smallest production to the largest (based on general calculations). Explore the slides below:

Oscars 2022: 94th Academy Awards nominees – Figures Chart

Explore the chart below which summarizes that data (Budget, Crew, Shooting Days, and Post).

Discussion

One of the most interesting films regarding the budget is ‘Drive My Car’. As we can see from the graph, it has the highest budget/crew ratio. With only a budget of $5M, it managed to operate a crew of 266 which is pretty impressive and unusual. Furthermore, we can notice a logical connection between the budget of a film and its crew size. For instance, take a look at ‘Don’t Look Up’ and ‘Dune’. Both of them have a budget above $100M and a crew size above 1,000. However, we can’t find any logical correlation between the budget and the duration of the post-production phase, nor for the number of Shooting days. Of course mega-budget films like Dune demand longer and more complex post-production stages, however, they have more budget to facilitate and accelerate these processes which leads to relatively reduced duration of Post. Last but not least is diversity. The list presents all kinds of projects, from low-budget films to mega projects. But this finding is not new as The Academy appreciates the story rather than heavy SFX and sophisticated technologies. Moreover, this hypothesis leads to the fact that there’s only one heavy SFX film on the list, which is ‘Dune’. All others are considered significantly more modest projects in terms of filmmaking resources. Nevertheless, this list presents more high-budget films compared to Oscars 2021 and much closer to Oscars 2020 in the pre-COVID age. There’s no doubt that a world without panic (=‘pandemic’) is far better for filmmaking as it allows more freedom in all aspects. To dive deeper into the specific processes involved in each film, head to the frame.io article.