The Oscar Narrative: Pre-Guild Nomination Predictions - Technical Awards Part I

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins "Blade Runner 2049"
Bruno Delbonnel "Darkest Hour"
Hoyte Van Hoytema "Dunkirk"
Rachel Morrison "Mudbound"
Dan Laustsen "The Shape of Water"

Other Contenders - Sayombhu Mukdeeprom "Call Me By Your Name", Ed Lachman "Wonderstruck", Janusz Kaminski "The Post", Toby Oliver "Get Out", Philippe LeSourd "The Beguiled", Ben Davis "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", Steve Yedlin "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", Matthew Jensen "Wonder Woman", Vittorio Storaro "Wonder Wheel", Linus Sandgren "Battle of the Sexes", Michael Seresin "War for the Planet of the Apes"

Best Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul

Other Contenders - Mudbound, The Post, Blade Runner 2049, Wonder Woman, The Beguiled, The Greatest Showman, Murder on the Orient Express, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Wonderstruck, Dunkirk, I Tonya, Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, Wonder Wheel, All the Money in the World, A Quiet Passion, My Cousin Rachel, Breathe

Best Film Editing
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Other Contenders - Get Out, Blade Runner 2049, Baby Driver, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Florida Project, Darkest Hour, Mudbound, Phantom Thread, Call Me By Your Name, I Tonya, War for the Planet of the Apes, Logan, Detroit

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Wonder

Other Contenders - I, Tonya, Victoria and Abdul, Bright, The Ghost in the Shell

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer "Dunkirk"
Jonny Greewood "Phantom Thread"
John Williams "The Post"
Alexandre Desplat "The Shape of Water"
Thomas Newman "Victoria and Abdul"

Other Contenders - John Williams "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", Dario Marianelli "Darkest Hour", Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer "Blade Runner 2049", Carter Burwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", Michael Giacchino and John Debney "Coco", Carter Burwell "Wonderstruck", Nick Cave and Warren Ellis "Wind River", James Newton Howard "Detroit"