The Film Guild will host an Oscars watch party during the 89th Academy Awards ceremony.
The celebration will be open to the campus community. It will start at 5 p.m. Feb. 26 outside the caf in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center.
The actual ceremony does not begin until 6 p.m., but everyone is invited to watch the red carpet coverage and listen to preshow commentary.
Attendees are asked to bring $1 for food and another dollar if they want to fill out an Oscars bracket to enter in the Film Guild competition. The winner will win a small basket filled with movies, snacks and an OCU shirt.
“Last year, I won the bracket prize, which contained some snacks, The Hurtlocker, Dallas Buyers Club, and West Side Story,” said Libby White, music business sophomore. “I want to reclaim my crown.”
Hannah Rogers, film production sophomore, said the Oscars watch party will be a good way for the Film Guild to interact and be involved with other students on campus.
“We want people of other majors to come find out what the film department is doing, and the Oscars watch party is a great way to do that,” Rogers said.
Lysa Engle, film production sophomore, said the Oscars watch party is her version of the Super Bowl.
“All of us film kids have been gearing up for it,” Engle said. “I enjoy the event because we all know the fun terms to use when talking about films, so we can discuss cinematography without worrying about whether someone knows what that means.”
Some students have already formed their predictions.
“I haven’t seen many of the films this year, unfortunately, but I watch a lot of film theories, so I can predict what will win based on the judges and the fact that they are from an older generation,” White said. “I’m going to be pretty annoyed if La La Land wins because it’s such an ideal, typical candidate.”
The films nominated for Best Picture are:
– La La Land,
– Arrival,
– Lion,
– Hell or High Water,
– Hidden Figures,
– Moonlight,
– Hacksaw Ridge,
– Manchester by the Sea, and
– Fences.
For more information on the OCU Film Guild, email President Casey Marks at cpmarks@my.okcu.edu.
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