The Oscar Narrative: Post-Festival Predictions - Technical Categories Part I

Best Cinematography
Robbie Ryan "The Favourite"
Linus Sandgren "First Man"
James Laxton "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Alfonso Cuaron "Roma"
Matthew Libatique "A Star is Born"

Other Contenders - Rachel Morrison "Black Panther", Sean Bobbitt "Widows", Dick Pope "Peterloo", Greig Fraser "Vice", Hoyte Van Hoytema "Ad Astra", Bruno Delbonnel "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", John Mathieson "Mary, Queen of Scots", Sean Porter "Green Book", Newton Thomas Sigel "Bohemian Rhapsody", Chayse Irvin "BlackKKlansman", Janusz Kaminski "Ready Player One", Dion Beebe "Mary Poppins Returns"

Best Costume Design
Black Panther
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary, Queen of Scots

Other Contenders - Peterloo, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Green Book, Colette, First Man, If Beale Street Could Talk, A Wrinkle in Time, BlackKKlansman, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Star is Born, Vice, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, Aquaman

Best Film Editing
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born
Roma
Vice

Other Contenders - Widows, The Favourite, Green Book, Black Panther, BlackKKLansman, Beautiful Boy, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Mid90s, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mary Queen of Scots

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Black Panther
Mary, Queen of Scots
Peterloo

Other Contenders - Bohemian Rhapsody, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Destroyer, Colette, Stan and Ollie, Avengers: Infinity War, First Man, A Star is Born, Deadpool 2, Ant-Man and Wasp, A Wrinkle in Time, Mary Poppins Returns, At Eternity's Gate, Halloween, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Favourite, The Nutcraker and the Four Realms, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk