The Academy Awards listened to its audience and decided after all to give credit where credit is due: to those who make cinema the exciting and stunning medium that it is.

On February 12 the Academy announced it would not show four award categories to home viewers (to be presented during commercials at the event) in order to trim the show to a shorter length of time:

• Cinematography
• Editing
• Live Action Short
• Makeup & Hair

There was quite an uproar—read these tweets, some of which are quite funny—which lead to the Academy to reverse its decision and include all the awards in the telecast.

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As Alfonso Cuarón, who is nominated for producing, directing, writing & cinematography for his film Roma, said on Twitter:

In the history of CINEMA, masterpieces have existed without sound, without color, without a story, without actors & without music. No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography & without editing.

That pretty much describes Silent Cinema, doesn’t it? No sound, no color, sometimes no plot…but always cinema.

Here’s a poster paying tribute to Cinematography & Editing…and the ampersand, stylized here in the tradition of classic movie title lettering. You can view a full-size version to download and print, at AmperArt.com.

To see full size, and download for printing and framing, visit AmperArt.com

Did you see Joe Rinaudo cranking his 1909 Powers Cameragraph at last year’s Oscars? Here are some scenes:

Next is Gary Oldman cranking Joe’s vintage Powers Moving Picture Machine:

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Enjoy the Show