8 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay: Christopher Nolan
Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer
Best Sound Editing: Richard King (Win)
Best Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novik (Win)
Best Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat (Win)
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister
Best Visual Effects: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb (Win)
The two sound categories have a tendency to win together due to the close work that the nominees have to do together in both categories. One of the most subconscious things in Inception are the sound cues throughout the film. The music and the sound are intrinsically linked and the way that sound plays such an important part in the plot will no doubt be noticed by the Academy. Their are minute things that make important sounds, such as the spinning top. As well as sounds that had to be mixed to be identical multiple times over, such as the recurring train.
Something interesting that happened at the oscars this year was the lack of a nomination for Nolan in the Best Director category. The Art Direction nomination might have something to do with that. The intricate quality of Inception is heavily influenced by the art directors, and many of Nolan's directorial choices would go through them to be made for the screen. The entire layout of each of the dream levels had to be made in such a way as to allow for all of them to feel very much in reality but also be utterly unique to each other.
The special effects in Inception are groundbreaking. This is the first time in cinema history that a 360 degree gimble has been used (the device used to spin the hallway). That along with the mind bending nature of many of the dream sequences, such as the penrose stairs, and the folding city, ensure this award.
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