The Academy takes a U-turn after the brutal collapse and restores 4 categories captured in Live Telecast

Faced with growing pressure from its members, the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Cinema announced that it would present the 24 categories of live Oscars during its broadcast on February 24th.

The Academy confirmed Friday that the four categories should be shown during commercial breaks, followed by reruns recorded later in the show, will instead be shown live during the televised broadcast of the Oscars, reports hollywoodreporter.com .

The initial decision was made to deal with pressure to shorten the emission, last year lasted three hours and 53 minutes.
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In its brief statement, the Academy stated that she "had heard comments from its members regarding the awarding of four Academy Awards: Cinematography, Editing, Live Action Short, and Makeup and Hairstyle ".
The statement continues: "All Oscars will be presented without changes, in our traditional format.We look forward to the Oscars Sunday, February 24."

The president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), Kees van Oostrum, wrote a letter to the Academy, thanking him "with great pride and respect," while saying "he was clear to us from the outset that the initial decision was difficult, making your current leadership even more courageous ". He added that ASC wanted to work closely with the Academy.

An open revolt began and grew after Monday, Academy President John Bailey, who is part of the director of photography branch, presented this year's show plan, which included the presentation of four categories of oscars – cinematography, film editing, short films, make-up and hairstyling – during commercial breaks, followed by the video of the presentation later in the program.

In this letter to members, Bailey noted that the Academy "continues to pay tribute to the 24 awards won at the Oscars".

The Academy decided to adopt the new format in order to reduce the duration of the

While the public outcry reversed the decision, the members of the CSA, including the presidents van Oostrum, Emmanuel "Chivo "Lubezki, Hoyte va Hoytema and Rachel Morrison, met Thursday evening with Academy Executive Director Dawn Hudson and President Bailey. Van Oostrum described the meeting as "very productive and positive".

On January 13, an open letter to the Academy was sent to producers of shows Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss, calling on the Academy to revisit his plans.

has since been signed by more than 200 directors of photography, 75 directors, including Martin Scorsese and Alfonso Cuaron; 80 actors, including Bradley Copper, Glenn Close and Emma Stone; as well as members of other branches such as producers, publishers and special effects supervisors.

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