The Lorehounds Oscars 2025 – Live-Action Shorts + the Emotion Mixer
To talk about one of her favorite categories of every Oscar race, this year's five emotional Live-Action Shorts nominees, Elysia brings in Katherine Oktober Matthews, the inventer of a tool called the Emotion Mixer – a framework for breaking down the rich palate of emotional storytelling.
They'll give you the premise of each short and also how it will make you feel, so you can decide which you might want to watch for yourself before the big day – or at least be informed who is in the race for making predictions and rooting for winners!
Links referenced in the ep:
Katherine Oktober Matthews (website)
The Craft w/ Katherine (Wool-Shift-Dust Spooktober special)
The 97th Academy Awards airs Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 7 pm (on ABC in the US)
Check how many Oscar nominees you've seen at OscarsDeathRace.com – or with extended stats at DeathRaceTracking.com
Oscars 2025 by category
Oscars 2025 overivew (mini-episode)
Animated Features & Shorts + Oscar campaigning
Original Scores & Songs (Nevermind the Oscars Music)
Documentary Features & Shorts + BAFTAs update
Live-Action Shorts + the Emotion Mixer (this episode)
Still to come
Writing & International Awards
Blockbuster (Tech) Awards
Acting & Directing Awards
Best Picture Nominees
Deep dives into 2025 Oscar nominees
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Revisit last year's Oscar series
Best Picture Nominees, Acting, Directing, Writing
Animated, International, Documentary, Shorts
"Below the Line" (Tech) Categories
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