Build up and last minute preps for 83rd Academy Awards

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1. Pull out from Oscar sign on Kodak Theatre to wide of the red carpet, venue for the Oscars 2. Various of reports presenting to camera from the red carpet 3. Various of workers vacuuming the red carpet 4. Wide of media on the red carpet 5. Wide of red carpet with people in the stands 6. Mid of public ticket holders waiting in line 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Elmer Armstrong, Bleacher Ticket Holder Bleacher Ticket Holder from Saint. Louis, Missouri: "I'd love to see Colin Firth. I saw the movie 'The King's Speech.' If he don't win, I won't be happy. That was a great movie." 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Karen Volpe, Bleacher Ticket Holder from Los Angeles: "Colin Firth. I really hope I can see Colin Firth. And Nicole Kidman because I really want to check out what's going on with her face." 9. Wide of public ticket holders waiting in line 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Silvia Elmer, Bleacher Ticket Holder from Frankfurt, Germany: "I like 'Social Network.' I think yeah, I think it was a good movie. The other ones were kind of boring." 11. Elmer and friend in line waiting for bleacher seats 12. SOUNDBITE: (German) Silvia Elmer, Bleacher Ticket Holder from Frankfurt, Germany: "Hello from Hollywood on the Oscars red carpet. I hope very much that 'The Social Network' wins and I hope that Rachel (Natalie) Portman does too and the same for James Franco." 13. Various of media on the red carpet 14. Zoom in to banner reading: (English) "The Academy Awards" STORYLINE: The countdown to Hollywood's biggest night was under way on Sunday, and final preparations were almost complete for the 83rd annual Academy Awards to be held later on at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Temperatures were expected to hover around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (about 10 degrees Celsius) for the Oscars, unusually crisp for Los Angeles, but the chill in the air didn't seem to dampen enthusiasm for the big night. Only the biggest names in show business and those nominated for Academy Awards get to be inside the Kodak Theatre for the ceremony. But hundreds of others who wanted to get a glimpse of the action - and were lucky enough to get tickets for the red carpet bleacher - started lining up just after dawn in hopes of getting a good spot to see their favourite performers. High on the list of popular favourites this year was English actor Colin Firth in the acclaimed film "The King's Speech", which dramatises the stuttering British monarch George VI. "The King's Speech" leads this year's competition with 12 nominations and is highly favoured to win best picture. Oscar fanatics in line for the bleachers seemed to agree. "I'd love to see Colin Firth. I saw the movie 'The King's Speech.' If he don't win, I won't be happy. That was a great movie," said Elmer Armstrong, who travelled with his wife and granddaughter from Saint Louis, Missouri, to be near the red carpet on the big night. "The Social Network," which chronicles Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's fierce legal battles over the spoils of his creation, remains a serious candidate for the Oscars crown. "I like 'Social Network.' I think it was a good movie. The other ones were kind of boring," said Silvia Elmer, who came all the way from Frankfurt, Germany for a glimpse of the action. Both films have led a strong and varied field of best-picture contenders since they debuted nearly six months ago. Also up for best picture: the psychosexual thriller "Black Swan"; the boxing drama "The Fighter"; the sci-fi blockbuster "Inception"; the lesbian family tale "The Kids Are All Right"; the survival chronicle "127 Hours"; the animated comedy "Toy Story 3"; the Western "True Grit"; and the Ozarks crime story "Winter's Bone." Red carpet arrivals begin about an hour earlier. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/622cfc32163c4b5a076a3095a4701f51 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork