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business. scott siegel, the owner and president of chicago s r.s. owens, gave us his behind-the-scenes tour of what it takes to make an oscar. i see quality. i see the most prestigious award in the world. reporter: this oscar has just been poured. it s about 850 degrees right now. it s made of britannium. and it s still silver. soon, though, it will be oscar gold. after the oscar is poured, it needs to be polished. and polished. and then polished again. it s buffed out to a very shiny silver. but not for long. we hand-dip it into a copper tank. the copper is for conductivity. and then we dip it into a nickel tank. there s a heavy layer of nickel that goes on there. and that s for the durability of the award. and then we coat that with silver and then with a heavy layer of 24 karat gold. reporter: and once that s done the oscar heads to the engraving department, where louise white gives its own serial number. and then when someone wins