The Oscar Narrative: Post Venice/Telluride/Toronto Prediction - Technical Categories

Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki "Birdman"
Roman Vasyanov "Fury"
Jeff Cronenweth "Gone Girl"
Hoyte Van Hoytema "Interstellar"
Roger Deakins "Unbroken"

Other Contenders - Bradford Young "A Most Violent Year", Oscar Faura "The Imitation Game", Greig Fraser "Foxcatcher", Tom Stern "American Sniper", Bruno Delbonnel "Big Eyes", Robert Elswit "Inherent Vice", Dion Beebe "Into the Woods", Dick Pope "Mr. Turner", Bradford Young "Selma", Rodrigo Prieto "The Homesman", Yves Belanger "Wild", Seamus McGarvey "Godzilla", Janusz Kaminski "The Judge", Benoit Delhomme "The Theory of Everything", Sean Bobbit "Kill the Messenger, Andrew Lesnie "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"

Best Costume Design
Big Eyes
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Maleficent
The Theory Of Everything

Other Contenders - Selma, Fury, Unbroken, Inherent Vice, Mr. Turner, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Noah, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman, Belle, The Homesman, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies", Foxcatcher, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Miss Julie, Jersey Boys, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, A Most Violent Year, Interstellar, Get on Up, Magic in the Moonlight

Best Film Editing
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Unbroken

Other Contenders - The Imitation Game, Fury, Selma, Birdman, American Sniper, Into the Woods, The Theory of Everything, Wild, A Most Violent Year,  Big Eyes, Mr. Turner, The Homesman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, A Most Wanted Man, Edge of Tomorrow, Get on Up, Inherent Vice

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

Other Contenders - Guardians of the Galaxy, Maleficient, Big Eyes, Gone Girl, Unbroken, Mr. Turner, Interstellar, Fury, The Homesman, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Inherent Vice, Theory of Everything, Birdman, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Get on Up, American Sniper, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Noah, Snowpiercer, Selma, Godzilla, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, A Most Violent Year

Best Original Score
Steven Price "Fury"
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross "Gone Girl"
Hans Zimmer "Interstellar"
Johann Johannsson "The Theory of Everything"
Alexandre Desplat "Unbroken"

Other Contenders - Thomas Newman "The Judge", Alexandre Desplat "The Imitation Game", Danny Elfman "Big Eyes", A.R. Rahman "The Hundred-Foot Journey", Antonio Sanchez "Birdman", Rob Simonsen "Foxcatcher", John Powell "How to Train Your Dragon 2", Gustavo Santaolla "The Book of Life", Jonny Greenwood "Inherent Vice", Alexandre Desplat "The Grand Budapest Hotel", Thomas Newman "Get on Up", Marco Beltrami "The Homesman", Michael Giacchino "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", Howard Shore "Rosewater"

Best Original Song
Will do soon in a separate post!

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Hobbit:Battle of the Five Armies
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods

Other Contenders - Big Eyes, Unbroken, Maleficent, Fury, The Theory of Everything, Mr. Turner, Selma, Inherent Vice, A Most Wanted Man, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Birdman, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Homesman, Noah, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Magic in the Moonlight, Godzilla, The Giver, Get on Up, X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Sound Mixing
Fury
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Unbroken

Other Contenders - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, American Sniper, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Get on Up, Edge of Tomorrow, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, Selma, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, Wild, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Snowpiercer, Begin Again, Boxtrolls, A Most Violent Year, How to Train Your Dragon 2

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

Other Contenders - American Sniper, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Get on Up, Edge of Tomorrow, Godzilla, Into the Woods, Guardians of the Galaxy, Selma, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, Wild, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Snowpiercer, Begin Again, Boxtrolls, A Most Violent Year, How to Train Your Dragon 2

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 - Into the Woods, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fury, Unbroken, Big Eyes, Edge of Tomorrow, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Noah, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Gone Girl, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Into the Storm, Snowpiercer, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, American Sniper