State of the Race - July Predictions: Technical Categories

Best Art Direction

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II

Hugo

J. Edgar

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Shadows

War Horse

Other Contenders - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, The Tree of Life, Captain America: The First Avenger, Anonymous, Albert Nobbs, The Iron Lady, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Cowboys & Aliens, The Artist, The Raven, The Help

Best Cinematography
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Other Contenders - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, J. Edgar, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball, Super 8, X-Men: First Class, A Dangerous Method, Captain America, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Albert Nobbs, The Ides of March, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Cowboys & Aliens, Melancholia, Thor, The Descendants

Best Costume Design
The Artist
Albert Nobbs
J. Edgar
Jane Eyre
War Horse

Other Contenders - Hugo, Immortals, Anonymous, Coriolanus, A Dangerous Method, X-Men: First Class, W.E., My Week with Marilyn, The Iron Lady, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, The Eye of the Storm, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Help, The Raven, The Conspirator, Midnight in Paris

Best Film Editing
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Ides of March
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse

Other Contenders - J. Edgar, Super 8, Hugo, The Artist, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Moneyball, We Bought a Zoo, Carnage, Contagion, The Help, The Iron Lady, W.E., Young Adult

Best Makeup
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
The Iron Lady
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Other Contenders - A Dangerous Method, Albert Nobbs, Green Latern, Anonymous, Hugo, The Artist, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, War Horse, J. Edgar, My Week With Marilyn, The Help, Coriolanus, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Super, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Immortals

Best Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Other Contender - Captain America: The First Avenger, Green Latern, X-Men: First Class, The Tree of Life, Hanna, Rango, Cars 2, Hugo, The Artist, J. Edgar, Battle: Los Angeles, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Anonymous

Best Sound Editing

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Super 8

Transformers: Dark of the Moon 
War Horse

Other Contender - Happy Feet 2, Cars 2, Cowboys & Aliens, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Tree of Life

Best Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Hugo

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Super 8

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Other Contenders - Captain America: The First Avenger, X-Men: First Class, Cowboys & Aliens, The Tree of Life, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Green Lantern, Immortals, Anonymous, Thor, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn