Movie as an art

When we see the definition of art it is easy to solve that why movie can be an art . Art is all behaviors of human who makes esthetic work. For example, if a person thought the sky is so beautiful so took a picture, that is an art, and if someone took a video of a smiling baby, it is also an art. Like this, because art is seen as a producing work that moves or impresses people’s mind, the range is remarkably wide. However we can’t say all movies are high quality arts. If it can’t impresses our mind but just shows, it is a low art and a commercial movie rather than a high art.

It is hard thing that express one’s sense of values and philosophy. Thus, movie became a new genre of art that can express something by new way like music, literature, art, and dance did. Movie as a commodity is just a commercial movie. It might be same thing in other genre that capital is needed to create a product, so we can’t ignore commercial value. This relationship between art and money is like relationship of crocodile and crocodile bird.

Criteria of film

Feature-length: Narrative format, at least 40 minutes in length.
American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
Critical Recognition: Formal commendation in print.
Major Award Winner: Recognition from competitive events including awards from organizations in the film community and major film festivals.
Popularity Over Time: Including figures for box office adjusted for inflation, television broadcasts and syndication, and home video sales and rentals.
Historical Significance: A film's mark on the history of the moving image through technical innovation, visionary narrative devices or other groundbreaking achievements.
Cultural Impact: A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance.
Substance: A work of pure escapism can be a masterpiece, but can't enter the stratified realm of the very best. Nor can a work with a simplistic theme of Hooray for our side. Such a film must say something intelligent and complex about the society in which it was made, or about the human condition.
Humanity: Even a complex message is cheapened if told through cardboard characters. The very best films, therefore, must explore their complex themes through believable, human characters.
Entertainment: There are plenty of great films of substance and humanity, but let's be honest: They're not all that much fun to watch. To stand out above that crowd, a deep and complex movie must also provide a good time.
Original Craftsmanship: It's not enough for a film on the very top to be well written, designed, shot, acted, edited, and directed. It must avoid clichés and push the envelope. Uh, let me reword that. It must be well-made in an unusual, preferably ground-breaking way.
Well-Aged: A work of art can't truly be a classic until it has stood the test of time. It’s not that new works are inferior; it’s just that we have no way of knowing if they'll look great or absurd to the next generation–or to older versions of ourselves. I put the minimum age for a classic at 20 years. That's long enough for it to be discovered by a generation too young to remember the world it was created in.
Use of Medium: Movies combine sight and sound and movement. The best movies are those that take advantage of the medium and tell their stories in ways that you couldn't tell it orally, in a book, etc.
Also... Clever dialogue, humor, rich characterization, good acting, emotional depth, intelligent social commentary, documentary like looks at other cultures, educational looks at science or the arts, educational looks at history and unusual subcultures, spiritual values all have their adherents, innovations in film technique, abstract imagery, critics ratings (metacritic and movie guide ratings), best picture honors, and Box office (first weekend and gross)


Oscar

Criteria: • With the exceptions of animated and foreign films any film can qualify for Oscars in all narrative feature categories with a seven-day run in any commercial Los Angeles County theater during the year of eligibility. Films must have a running length of more than 40 minutes and have been exhibited theatrically on 35 mm, 70 mm film or in a qualifying digital format.
• Films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for an Oscar in any category.
• - Animated Feature Films -
• The award is being triggered by the release of eight or more eligible films in a calendar year. If eight to fifteen animated features are released, a maximum of three films may be nominated. If sixteen or more are released, a maximum of five may be nominated.
• To be eligible, an animated feature must be at least 70 minutes in length, "primarily animated," and meet the other general requirements for feature film eligibility as published annually in the Academy Award Rules.
• Films could use cel animation, computer animation, stop motion or other recognized animation techniques.
• The Oscar for the category will be presented to "the key creative talent most clearly responsible for the overall achievement", normally a single individual, on behalf of the entire production. In no case will more than two statuettes be presented.
• Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories. (as of 2000)
• - Foreign Language Films -
• Each country is invited to submit its best film of the year to the Academy. Selection of those entries is made by juries made up of filmmakers from that country. Only one film, which need not have been released in Los Angeles, is accepted from each country. A film must have had its first public showing for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial theater in its home country in the period of eligibility (November 1 to October 31, as of 2001) and must have been produced with a predominantly non-English dialogue track in a language of the submitting country.
• Films submitted for Best Foreign Language Film Award consideration may also qualify for Academy Awards in most other categories provided they meet the requirements governing those categories.


Special Achievement Award

Criteria: • The award is given for an achievement which makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category. Unlike an Honorary Award, a Special Achievement Award is conferred only for achievements in films which meet the Academy's eligibility year and deadline requirements.
• In the Makeup and Sound Effects Editing categories, the Award can be given if those committees fail to come up with three nominations. In that case the committee may recommend to the Board of Governors that a special Achievement Award be voted instead.

Honorary Award

Criteria: • Given for exceptional distinction in the making of motion pictures or for outstanding service to the Academy.

Medal of Commendation

Criteria: • The award is given for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Criteria: • Given to a creative producer who has been responsible for a consistently high quality of motion picture production.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Criteria: • Given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.

Academy Award of Merit

Criteria: • Scientific and technical awards are given for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures and that also have a proven history of use in the motion picture industry.
• The Scientific and Technical Academy Award of Merit is given for basic achievements that have a definite influence upon the advancement of the industry.

Scientific and Engineering Award

Criteria: • The award is given for those achievements that exhibit a high level of engineering and are important to the progress of the industry.

Technical Achievement Award

Criteria: • The award is given for those accomplishments that contribute to the progress of the industry.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Criteria: • Given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry.
• Recommendations for this award have customarily been made through the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee.