Guillermo del Toro is really not into the Oscars' new format
The Nightmare Alley director made a statement about the pre-taping of eight categories at this year's Academy Awards ceremony

There has been a lot of discourse surrounding the Academy Awards this year. There’s discussion about its current relevance, the ceremony’s “razzle dazzle,” and its COVID-19 procedures. Now, Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro has brought up another point of contention: The new format for the upcoming awards ceremony.
The Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts recently unveiled its new format, which involves pre-taping a select eight categories and announcing the winners in a pre-show. The categories moved to this lower-tier position include Best Production Design, Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Sound, Documentary Short, Animated Short and Live-Action Short. After the last couple of arduous years in the film industry, del Toro thinks this change could not come at a worse time.