The Oscar Narrative: Post Venice/Telluride/Toronto Predictions - The Techs Part 1

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins "Sicario"
Hoyte Van Hoytema "Spectre"
Emmanuel Lubezki "The Revenant"
Robert Richardson "The Hateful Eight"
John Seale "Mad Max: Fury Road"

Other Contenders - Janusz Kaminski "Bridge of Spies", Daniel Mendel "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens", Danny Cohen "The Danish Girl", Anthony Dod Mantle "In the Heart of the Sea", Edward Lachman "Carol", Alwin Kuchler "Steve Jobs", Christian Berger "By the Sea", Dariusz Wolski "The Martian", Dariusz Wolski "The Walk", Dan Laustsen "Crimson Peak", Cary Joji Fukunaga "Beasts of No Nation", John Mathieson and Seamus McGarvey "Pan", Danny Cohen "Room" Salvatore Totino "Everest", Barry Ackroyd "The Big Short", Dick Pope "Legend", Masanobu Takayanagi "Black Mass", Adam Arkapaw "Macbeth", Masanobu Takayanagi "Spotlight", Luca Bigazzi "Youth", Ben Davis "Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron", Russell Carpenter "Ant-Man", Haris Zambarloukos "Cinderella", Matyas Erdely "Son of Saul"

Best Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
The Danish Girl
Macbeth

Other Contenders - Brooklyn, Suffragette, Far From the Maddening Crowd, Youth, The Revenant, The Hateful Eight, Bridge of Spies, Pan, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Mad Max: Fury Road, Trumbo, In the Heart of the Sea, I Saw the Light, Black Mass, Legend, Mr. Holmes, Spectre, By the Sea, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, The Last Witch Hunter, The Martian

Best Film Editing
Joy
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Steve Jobs

Other Contenders - Bridge of Spies, The Martian, The Hateful Eight, The Danish Girl, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Spectre, Sicario, Carol, In the Heart of the Sea, Brooklyn, Creed, Secret in Their Eyes, The Big Short, Beasts of No Nation, Son of Saul, Burnt, Youth, Suffragette, Room, Clouds of Sils Maria, Ricki and the Flash, Crimson Peak, By the Sea, The Walk, Macbeth, Cinderella, Concussion, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Spy, Black Mass, Pan, Ant-Man, Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Other Contenders - Pan, The Revenant, Carol, Black Mass, The Martian,  Crimson Peak, In the Heart of the Sea, Cinderella, The Hateful Eight, Macbeth, Steve Jobs, The Walk, Mr. Holmes, Victor Frankenstein, The Last Witch Hunter, Jupiter Ascending, Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, Ricki and the Flash, I Saw The Light, Far From the Maddening Crowd, Creed, Southpaw, Spy

Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Cinderella
The Revenant
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Other Contenders - Brooklyn, Pan, The Hateful Eight, Steve Jobs, Crimson Peak, Mad Max: Fury Road, Far From the Maddening Crowd, In the Heart of the Sea, Suffragette, The Martian, Mr. Holmes, Joy, Macbeth, Sicario, Room, Secret in Their Eyes, The Big Short, Youth, Ex Machina, By the Sea, Black Mass, Tomorrowland, The 33, Trumbo, Victor Frankenstein, Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2"