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Hollywood studios spend exorbitant sums of money promoting their Oscar-nominated films to voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But exactly how much is spent, and where all that money goes, is something of an industry secret. 好莱坞电影公司在向美国电影艺术与科学学院的投票人宣传自己的奥斯卡提名影片，要花很多钱。但究竟要花多少，花到了哪里，一直是行业秘密。 This lack of transparency is characteristic of Hollywood in general, says Stephen Follows, a London-based producer who teaches at the National Film and Television School in Britain and blogs frequently about the economics of movies. 伦敦制片人斯蒂芬·福洛斯(Stephen Follows)说，缺乏透明度是好莱坞的总体特征。福洛斯在英国国家电影电视学校(National Film and Television School)任教，经常发表关于电影经济学的博客文章。 “I have a friend who’s an astrophysicist and he laughs at me because he studies dark matter and has more data about his subject than I do of mine,” Mr. Follows said. “我有个朋友是天体物理学家，他经常嘲笑我，因为他是研究暗物质的，但是连干他那行知道的数据都比干我这行知道的数据多，”福洛斯说。 In a recent blog post, Mr. Follows delved into the financing of Oscar campaigns. He obtained the Oscar-related promotional budgets for four films nominated for best picture between 2011 and 2017. The figures came from Hollywood consultants and were given to Mr. Follows on the condition that he keep the films’ titles and studios anonymous. While he notes that this sample is hardly representative, it does offer a glimpse into how a typical Oscar campaign might break down financially. | 
