The minds at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have redesigned its website, and there’s some pretty great stuff to be found.
Since the Academy went online in 2008, they’ve been boasting about their “10 million photographs, 165,000 film and video assets, 80,000 screenplays, 50,000 posters, 20,000 production and costume design drawings, and 1,400 special collections." But the old design felt limited and that content was not readily available. L.A.-based entertainment marketing agency Trailer Park helped them out, creating an interactive movie-lover's dream. Of course, this is all leading up to the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opening in 2017.
You can take in your own little exhibition at home. Gizmodo explains:
Folks can time travel back through old Oscars ceremonies or plan ahead on the upcoming Events page, but the most fun are the new Collections. The team selected 11 subjects to start—from movie icons like costume legend Edith Head and anime visionary Hayao Miyazaki to classic flicks like Jaws and Pulp Fiction—and populated each of these pages with video, images, sketches, behind the scenes stuff, and even newspaper clippings from the production on through to theatrical release.
Here are image previews from the archives, including a shot from Jaws, The Wizard of Oz (featuring the rejected Tin Man), Hitchcock’s Vertigo with Kim Novak, and a behind-the-scenes shot from the iconic dance scene in Pulp Fiction. Visit the site for more goodies.
Images: Oscars.org
