The Oscar Narrative: July Nomination Predictions - Technical Categories

Best Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel "Big Eyes"
Emmauel Lubezki "Birdman"
Jeff Cronenweth "Gone Girl"
Hoyte van Hoytema "Interstellar"
Roger Deakins "Unbroken"

Other Contenders - Dion Beebe "Into the Woods", Roman Vasnayov "Fury", Robert Elswit "Inherent Vice", Bradford Young "Selma", Bradford Young "A Most Violent Year", Greig Fraser "Foxcatcher", Seamus McGarvey "Godzilla", Dariusz Wolski "Exodus: Gods and Kings", Dick Pope "Mr. Turner", Stephen Goldblatt "Get on Up", Janusz Kaminski "The Judge", Sean Bobbitt "Kill the Messenger", Rodrigo Prieto "The Homesman", Eric Steelberg "Men, Women, and Children", Yves Belanger "Wild", Andrew Lesnie "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"

Best Costume Design
Big Eyes
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

Other Contenders - Macbeth, Unbroken, Inherent Vice, A Most Violent Year, Get on Up, Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, Grace of Monaco, Fury, Foxcatcher, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Noah, Selma, The Giver, The Homesman, Suite Francaise, Miss Julie, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Carol, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Best Film Editing
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Unbroken

Other Contenders - Birdman, Into the Woods, Fury,  A Most Violent Year, Inherent Vice, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Selma, Mr. Turner, Men, Women and Children, Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, Big Eyes, Godzilla, Edge of Tomorrow, Get On Up, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Kill the Messenger, Suite Francaise, Map to the Stars, Macbeth.

Best Makeup and Hair Design
Foxcatcher
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods

Other Contenders - Maleficent, Guardians of the Galaxy, Unbroken, Fury, Inherent Vice, Exodus: Gods and Kinds, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Get On Up, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, Selma, Noah, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Mr.  Turner, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Macbeth, The Homesman, Carol, Snowpiercer, Grace of Monaco

Best Original Score
Mychael Danna "Foxcatcher"
Steven Price "Fury"
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross "Gone Girl"
Hans Zimmer "Interstellar"
Alexandre Desplat "Unbroken"

Other Contenders - Thomas Newman "The Judge", Danny Elfman "Big Eyes", Antonio Sanchez "Birdman", Howard Shore "Rosewater", Howard Shore "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies", Thomas Newman "Get On Up", Alexandre Desplat "The Grand Budapest Hotel", John Powell "How to Train Your Dragon 2", A.R. Rahman "The Hundred-Foot Journey", Johann Johannson "Theory of Everything", James Newton Howard "Maleficent", Michael Giacchino "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", Alexandre Desplat "Godzilla", Jonny Greenwood "Inherent Vice", Gustavo Santaolla "The Book of Life"

Best Original Song
TBA - This one always comes later, once we know some more info!

Best Production Design
Big Eyes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods
Maleficent

Other Contenders - Interstellar, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Mr. Turner, Fury, Unbroken, Get on Up, Foxcatcher, Suite Francaise, Noah, Selma, The Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, Theory of Everything, Godzilla, The Giver, The Homesman, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Macbeth,  A Most Violent Year

Best Sound Mixing
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Unbroken

Other Contenders - Fury, Godzilla, Edge of Tomorrow, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Get on Up, Annie, Captain American: Winter Solider, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Inherent Vice, A Most Violent Year, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Snowpiercer, The Lego Movie, Maleficent, The Homesman, The Giver, Gone Girl

Best Sound Editing
Fury
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Interstellar
Unbroken

Other Contenders -  Godzilla, Edge of Tomorrow, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Get on Up, Annie, Captain American: Winter Solider, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Inherent Vice, A Most Violent Year, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Snowpiercer, The Lego Movie, Maleficent, The Homesman, The Giver, Gone Girl, Into the Woods

Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Maleficent
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Other Contenders - Noah, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla, Unbroken, Fury, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Giver, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Pompeii, Into the Woods, Edge of Tomorrow, Exodus: Gods and Kings