10 Shocking Problems With How The Oscar Voting Works

5. Excessive Campaigning

Nominees are competitive €“ that much is clear when someone else claims their Oscar. From red carpet events to tactical marketing, actors and producers alike will grace as many public events as possible in the build up to the Oscars. Bigger budgets and influence often affects a film's chances at gaining exposure. A notably larger effort has been afforded to advertising in recent years. As well as internet pop-ups, many films' teaser trailers are featured intermittently during the duration of a TV programme at a rate that very easily becomes annoying. Oscar Isaac of Inside Llewyn Davis has actively participated in the campaigning process this year, performing intimate gigs in an effort to promote his film. Actors and actresses from each of the nominated films are showing an equal fervour for promotion through an extensive amount of interviews and public appearances. Not every actor appreciates this aggressive focus on campaigning. Michael Fassbender, having been snubbed from the Best Actor category in 2011, admitted to GQ that he felt particularly jaded as a result of rigorously campaigning for Shame: "You try and help and facilitate as best you can. But I won't put myself through that kind of situation again... I'm not a politician. I'm an actor." The Academy's alikeness to politics certainly seems appropriate.