MAFFE Awards 2008!! The Artistic

And here are my selections.








Ian Bailie - "Atonement"
The affluence of the manor, the simpleness of the cottage and the jaw dropping detail of Dunkirk.



Stuart Craig - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
The Epic scale, the attention to detail and the sly humor in these set pieces is stunning.



Steve Saklad - "Juno"
How every home/space is a visual representation of that person inhabiting it was very very clever.



Harley Jessup - Ratatouille
For the realistic details between the kitchen and the restaurant alone. Amazing work.



Mark Tildesley - "Sunshine"
How every room was different and had personality within this vast ship. The Green room alone! WOW



Jack Fisk - "There Will Be Blood"
Epically simplistic work.











Jacqueline Durran - "Atonement"
That green dress is already an iconic piece of fashion.



Alexandra Byrne - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Totally not accurate, but so over the top you cannot ignore them.



Rite Ryack - "Hairspray"
So much fun and colour. It was like watching candy dance. plus they were made so they could move...a tough thing to do.



Sarah Edwards - "Michael Clayton"
If ever costume ever defined character this is it. Her work with forming Karen Crowders outer persona is amazing.



Colleen Atwood - "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Grim, character based and oh so sexy.



Patricia Norris - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
The level of detail in these western germents took my breath away.













Marco Beltrami - "3:10 to Yuma"
Absolutely stunning listen

Dario Marianelli - "Atonement"
Elegant and an original way of merging music and story. This one stays with you. listen

James Newton Howard - "Michael Clayton"
Dark, sparse and completely effective. listen

Michael Giacchino - "Ratatouille"
Fun, exciting and oh so Paris. listen

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Beautiful, melodic and haunting. listen

Jonny Greenwood - "There WIll Be Blood"
Unsettling and utterly original. listen










Reading left to right (like a book).

Come So Far (So Far To Go) - "Hairspray"
So I like my songs hummable and perky...sue me!

Falling Slowly - "Once"
The most effective use of song in a film this year!

Guaranteed - "Into The Wild"
Compliments the film and story perfectly

Happy Working Song - "Enchanted"
Hysterically silly. The perfect set up.

Lyra - "The Golden Compass"
Basically anything Kate Bush does is brilliant.

Rule the World - "Stardust"
I love me a big cheesy ballad.