The Oscar Narrative: November Predictions - Techincal Categories/Foreign/Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Tim's Vermeer
Twenty Feet from Stardom
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Other Contenders - The Act of Killing, The Armstrong Lie, Approved for Adoption, Bridegroom, Dirty Wars, Blood Brother, Muscle Shoals, Fallen City, Pussy Riot, Sound City, 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, Inequality for All, Expedition to the End of the World, Fire in the Blood

Best Foreign Language Film
Gabrielle (Canada)
Gloria (Chile)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Past (Iran)
Wadjda (Saudi Arabia)

Other Contenders - The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium), Omar (Palestine), Bethlehem (Israel), The Rocket (Australia), The Wall (Austria), Child's Pose (Romania), Back to 1942 (China), Renoir (France), Two Lives (Germany), The Great Beauty (Italy), The Great Passage (Japan), The Cleaner (Peru)

Best Cinematography
Linus Sandgren "American Hustle"
Barry Ackroyd "Captain Phillips"
Emmanuel Lubezki "Gravity"
Roger Deakins "Prisoners"
Sean Bobbitt "12 Years a Slave"

Other Contenders - Rush, The Wolf of Wall Street, All is Lost, Saving Mr. Banks, Nebraska, August: Osage County, The Book Thief, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Great Gatsby, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Lone Survivor, Pacific Rim, Oz The Great and Powerful, Her, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Costume Design
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Other Contenders - Lee Daniel's The Butler, The Book Thief, Oz The Great and Powerful, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Philomena, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Stoker, Therese, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, August: Osage County, Man of Steel

Best Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Other Contenders - Saving Mr. Banks, Nebraska, Inside Llewyn Davis, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Rush, Prisoners, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, All if Lost, Lone Survivor, Philomena

Best Makeup and Hair Design
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lee Daniel's The Butler
Star Trek Into Darkness

Other Contenders - Rush, 12 Years a Slave, The Lone Ranger, Oz The Great and Powerful, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club, August: Osage County, The Great Gatsby, The Invisible Woman, The Book Thief, Pacific Rim

Best Original Score
John Williams "The Book Thief"
Henry Jackman "Captain Phillips"
Steven Price "Gravity"
Thomas Newman "Saving Mr. Banks"
Hans Zimmer "12 Years a Slave"

Other Contenders - Randy Newman "Monsters University", Hans Zimmer "Rush", Mark Orton "Nebraska", Alexandre Desplat "Philomena", Howard Shore "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug", Carter Burwell "August: Osage County", Rolfe Kent "Labor Day", Danny Elfman "Oz the Great and Powerful", Theodore Shapiro "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

Best Original Song
Frozen - Let it Go
The Great Gatsby - Young and Beautiful
Lee Daniel's The Butler - In the Middle of the Night
Lee Daniel's The Butler - You and I Ain't Nothin' No More
Short Term 12 - So You Know What Its Like

Other Contenders - See previous post on Best Original Song

Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Other Contenders - Gravity, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Oz The Great and Powerful, The Book Thief, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Her, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pacific Rim, Philomena, Therese, Elysium

Best Sound Mixing
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Pacific Rim
Rush

Other Contenders - Inside Llewyn Davis, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Black Nativity, Lone Survivor, Out of the Furnace, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Great Gatsby, 12 Years a Slave, Enders Game, The Book Thief, Frozen, Monsters University, World War Z

Best Sound Editing
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Lone Survivor
Pacific Rim

Other Contenders - Rush, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, Thor The Dark World, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Great Gatsby, The Book Thief, Frozen, Monster University, World War Z, 12 Years a Slave, Oblivion

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Other Contenders - Star Trek Into Darkness, Ender's Game, Oblivion, Oz The Great and Powerful, Rush, The Great Gatsby, World War Z, The Wolverine, Thor The Dark World, This is the End