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Academy Awards 2018 nominees predictions: technical (visual and sound) categories

After predicting the main Oscar categories, it's time to publish my predictions for the "tech" categories. It seems 3 movies stand-out and contend for the "most Oscar nominated movie of 2017" title: Dunkirk, The Shape of Water and Blade Runner 2049.
I must confess I'm pretty shocked about some atrocious misses in the final list of contenders for both Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup & Hair categories. About visual effects: Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok, Beauty and the Beast and Ghost in the Shell won't go for the final round of voting, so they won't get a nomination in this category - I mean, HOW?! Wonder Woman, Beauty and the Beast and Ragnarok are the highly acclaimed mega-box-office-hit the AMPAS loves to recognize in this category and both are out of the race! Even Ghost in the Shell, which performed below the expectation and met mixed reviews featured some of the best visual effects of the year. None of them! In the Best Makeup & Hair department, the rich Beauty and the Beast also missed the shortlist of 7 here and so did The Shape of Water (surprising!!!). 
I've not a lot more to say. After watching the movies, it's time to balance both movie's overall quality and techinal craft. So, have a look:
  • BEST EDITING
1. Dunkirk, Lee Smith
2. The Post, Michael Kahn
3. The Shape of Water, Sidney Wolinsky
4. Get Out, Gregory Plotkin 
5. Baby Driver, Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss

 6. The Florida Project, Sean Baker
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Jon Gregory
8. Lady Bird, Nick Houy
9. Blade Runner 2049, Joe Walker
10. Call Me By Your Name, Walter Fasano


  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins
2. Dunkirk, Hoyt Van Hoytema
3. The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen
4. Mudbound, Rachel Morrison
5. The Florida Project, Alexis Zabe

 6. The Post, Janusz Kaminski
7. Call Me By Your Name, Sayombhu Mukdeepromndji
8. Wonder Wheel, Vittorio Storaro
9. Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel 
10. The Lost City of Z, Darius Kho


  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Blade Runner 2049, Dennis Gassner
2. The Shape of Water, Paul Austerberry 
3. Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley
4. Beauty and the Beast, Sarah Greenwood
5. Murder on the Orient Express, Jim Clay

 6. Ghost in the Shell, Jan Roelfs
7. The Post, Rick Carter
8. Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood
9. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Rick Heinrichs
10. Downsizing, Stefania Cella


  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Phantom Thread, Mark Bridges
2. Beauty and the Beast, Jacqueline Durran
3. Victoria & Abdul, Consolata Boyle
4. The Shape of Water, Luis Sequeira
5. The Beguiled, Stacey Battat

 6. Wonder Woman, Lindy Hemming
7. The Post, Ann Roth
8. Murder on the Orient Express, Alexandra Byrne
9. Lady Macbeth, Holly Waddington
10. Wonderstruck, Sandy Powell


  • BEST MAKEUP & HAIR
1. Darkest Hour, Ivana Primorac 
2. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, John Blake and Camille Friend 
3. Ghost in the Shell, Kate Biscoe and Peter Tothpal

 4. Wonder, Naomi Bakstad and Robert Pandini 
5. Bright, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Cristina Waltz and Fernando Navarro
6. I, Tonya, Deborah La Mia Denaver
7. Victoria & Abdul, Adam James Phillips, Beverley Binda, Daniel Phillips and Amie Wilson


  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
2. War of the Planet of the Apes
3. Blade Runner 2049
4. Dunkirk
5. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

 6. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
7. The Shape of Water
8. Okja
9. Kong: Skull Island
10. Alien: Covenant


  • BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. The Shape of Water, Alexander Desplat
2. Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer
3. The Post, John Williams
4. Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood
5. Darkest Hour, Dario Marianelli

 6. Blade Runner 2049, Benjamin Wallfisch and Hanz Zimmer 
7. Loving Vincent, Clint Mansell
8. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, John Williams
9. Wonderstruck, Carter Burwell
10. Mudbound, Tamar-kali


  • BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. "Remember Me", Coco
2. "Mystery of Love", Call Me By Your Name
3. "Mighty River", Mudbound
4. "The Star", The Star
5. "Evermore", Beauty and the Beast

 6. "Visions of Gideon", Call Me By Your Name
7. "How Does a Moment Last Forever", Beauty and the Beast
8. "If I Dare", The Battle of the Sexes
9. "This Is Me", The Greatest Showman
10. "Never Forget", Murder on the Orient Express


  • BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Dunkirk
2. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
3. Baby Driver
4. Blade Runner 2049
5. The Shape of Water

 6. Wonder Woman
7. War of the Planet of the Apes
8. Get Out
9. Ghost in the Shell
10. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2


  • BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Dunkirk
2. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
3. Blade Runner 2049
4. The Shape of Water
5. Wonder Woman

 6. Baby Driver 
7. Thor: Ragnarok
8. The Post
9. The Greatest Showman
10. Okja

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