State of the Race: November Predictions - Technical Awards

Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
War Horse

Other Possibilites - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Anonymous, J. Edgar, A Dangerous Method, Midnight in Paris, The Help, Jane Eyre, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Captain America, Tree of Life

Best Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Other Contenders - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Moneyball, The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Drive, A Dangerous Method, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Help, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Best Costume Design

The Artist

The Help

Hugo
W.E.
War Horse

Other Contenders - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, My Week With Marilyn, Jane Eyre, Anonymous, Coriolanus, A Dangerous Method, Albert Nobbs, Captain America, J. Edgar, Midnight in Paris, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Moneyball
War Horse

Other Contenders - Hugo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Tree of Life, The Help, Midnight in Paris, The Ides of March, The Adventures of Tintin, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Super 8

Best Makeup
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Other Categories - Green Lantern, War Horse, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hugo, Anonymous, Coriolanus, The Artist, My Week With Marilyn, Jane Eyre, A Dangerous Method, X-Men First Class, Albert Nobbs

Best Original Score
John Williams "The Adventures of Tintin"
Ludovic Bource "The Artist"
Alexandre Desplat 'Extremely Loud and Inredibly Close"
Howard Shore "Hugo"
John Williams "War Horse"

Other Contenders - Alberto Iglesias "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", Mychael Danna "Moneyball", Alexandre Desplat "The Ides of March", Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", Thomas Newman "The Help", Jonsi "We Bought a Zoo", Alexandre Desplat "The Tree of Life", Alexandre Desplat "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2",

Best Sound Mixing
The Advetures of Tintin
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Other Contenders - Hugo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Rango, Captain America, The Artist, The Tree of Life, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Cars 2, Drive, Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocal

Best Sound Editing
The Advetures of Tintin
Rango
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Other Contenders - Hugo, Super 8, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Real Steel, Cars 2, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Captain America, Happy Feet Two

Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Other Contenders - The Tree of Life, Captain America, Thor, Super 8, X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Adventures of Tintin, Anonymous, Green Lantern, War Horse.