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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 films that will advance in the race for the Best Visual Effects Oscar for the upcoming 87th Academy Awards.\u00a0 Standard franchise fare like Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies make the cut, as do two Marvel movies\u2014Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier\u2014as well as Christopher Nolan\u2019s sci-fi epic Interstellar.\u00a0 The only noticeable absence here is Darren Aronofsky\u2019s Biblical epic Noah, which didn\u2019t make the cut, nor did Ridley Scott\u2019s own Biblical adaptation Exodus: Gods and Kings.\u00a0 No surprise, though, that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes appears to be the standout.

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The easy handicap for the VFX category at the Oscars is to look for the Best Picture nominee.\u00a0 If there\u2019s a Best Picture nominee also nominated for Best Visual Effects, it almost always wins.\u00a0 In fact, the past six winners of the Best Visual Effects Oscar were also Best Picture nominees.\u00a0 However, it looks like this year might prove to be a bit different.\u00a0 Interstellar\u00a0has a chance at making the Best Picture cut, but mixed reviews and controversy regarding the sound mix may keep it out of the top category. \u00a0In that case, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see the deserving folks behind the spectacular effects for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes take home the Best Visual Effects trophy, deeming it our early frontrunner.\u00a0 Consider it payback for Rise of the Planet of the Apes losing to Hugo.

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The Oscars are just around the corner & we thought this would be the right time to take a look at the Best Visual Effects nominees for the year.

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The latest instalment from Marvel Universe, 90% of the shots in Guardians of the Galaxy was special effects. Moving Picture Company, Luma Pictures, Framestore, and Method Studios came together to create the mind blowing visual effects for the film.

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Oscar hit: The first nomination from Marvel Entertainment this year, the film has a strong story line & CG characters working in its favour. But will these be enough to clinch Marvel its first Oscar? We will soon find out.

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Oscar miss: Competing against favourites like Interstellar & Dawn of the Planet of the Apes may prove to be enough for Marvel to miss the award once again.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Special effects creator, Joe Letteri extensively used motion capture technology to depict apes in their natural habitat in one of the top contenders this year at the Oscars for the category.

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Oscar hit: A front runner for the award in the category this year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes finds favour due to its perfect blend of computer generated effects & motion capture.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Tenet

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This sci-fi, action-adventure sees another Oscar win for Christopher Nolan and the fantastic DNEG VFX team. With six wins in the past ten years, the creatives at DNEG played an integral part in executing the film's complex time-traveling narrative.

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1917

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First Man

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The tale of Neil Armstrong in the launchpad years before his historic voyage took the honours in what was an eclectic but incredibly strong field for 2019\u2019s visual effects gong. The team at DNEG pushed the boundaries of in-camera shooting for First Man, eschewing green screens in favour of a giant LED screen which featured subtle, true-to-life use of lighting, enhancing the realism of an otherwise fantastical spacecraft.

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Blade Runner 2049

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The Jungle Book

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Jon Favreau\u2019s The Jungle Book put a modern spin on the Disney classic. Shot entirely against a blue screen, the only live action element came in the form of Mowgli (Neel Sethi), with the rest of the animals, jungle and environments being computer-generated. The deserved VFX victor at the 89th Academy Awards had its innovative work led by the team at MPC.

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Ex Machina

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Alex Garland made his directorial debut with the breathtaking sci-fi thriller Ex Machina. Telling the story of a programmer who is invited by his CEO to administer the Turing test to an intelligent humanoid robot, Ex Machina broke new ground in CGI. Double Negative were instrumental in bringing the Ava robot to life, using CG-rendered parts that moved internally. The result was the creation of the most realistic-looking humanoid in cinematic history, and won the company their third Best Visual Effects Oscar\u00ae.

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The Martian

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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JJ Abrams\u2019 epic film blew away audiences and set new global box-office records. In order to create a film that fans would remember and love, ILM used Foundry tools to bring their ideas to life. From the vivid textures of the Millennium Falcon, to the droid lighting and the immersive blast fire in the opening sequence, The Force Awakens was worthy of its Best Visual Effects nomination at the 88th Academy Awards.

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Interstellar

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Interstellar was another Christopher Nolan blockbuster to challenge the boundaries of visual effects technology. Using projectors to eliminate the need for green screens, actors were able to see the near-final result during production. Visual effects company New Deal Studios used Modo to engineer overall models of the film's spaceships part by part. That work, along with Double Negative's, helped earn the film a Best Visual Effects award.

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Gravity

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After opening the 70th Venice International Film Festival, Gravity\u2014Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s science fiction blockbuster\u2014won the Best Visual Effects Oscar\u00ae in 2013. British visual effects company Framestore spent over three years creating scenes that were both literally and figuratively out of this world.

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Life of Pi

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Winning Rhythm & Hues their third Academy Award, Ang Lee\u2019s survival drama film Life of Pi earned great acclaim for its mesmerising visual effects. The giant Bengal tiger present throughout the film never needed to appear on set, yet it roams the boat in post-production as if it had been there all along.

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Hugo

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In Martin Scorsese\u2019s first 3D film, Hugo\u2014the tale of a young boy living in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in the 1930s\u2014a total of 800 visual effects shots were used in the final cut of the epic adventure film. Visual effects company Pixomondo used a mix of Nuke, Ocula and Mari to innovate and develop new approaches as they brought Hugo to life.

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Inception

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Christopher Nolan\u2019s science fiction blockbuster Inception took audiences into a series of riveting dream worlds. With Double Negative's spectacular visuals that see Parisian architecture flipped upside down and a gravity-defying fist fight, the fast-paced thriller pushed the boundaries of physics, and with it the abilities of visual effects.

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Alice in Wonderland

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In Tim Burton\u2019s brilliantly bizarre fantasy film Alice in Wonderland, visual effects pioneers Sony Pictures Imageworks paved the way for the weird and wonderful. Using Nuke, artists were able to distort proportions, creating the Red Queen\u2019s larger-than-life head, Alice\u2019s ever-changing dimensions, and the Mad Hatter\u2019s outsized eyes.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part One

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Nominated for the Best Visual Effects Academy Award in 2010, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One is one of the most celebrated films of the franchise for its visual effects work. While several companies contributed to the visual effects, boutique house Baseblack used Mari to perfect the texture of Dumbledore\u2019s tomb.

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Avatar

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James Cameron\u2019s first feature film since Titanic in 1997, Avatar raised the bar for visual effects forever. Taking almost 10 years to create, Cameron and the team at Weta Digital evolved the use of visual effects tools to create this epic.

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Reversing the aging process is something many people dream of achieving, but the visual effects in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button not only make the feat look possible, but positively seamless. The team at Digital Domain employed astounding new \"emotion capture\" techniques to recreate Brad Pitt's facial expressions in CGI.

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The Golden Compass

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The Golden Compass won the Best Visual Effects category at the 80th Academy Awards. Set in a parallel universe, Rhythm & Hues' extensive VFX work helped create everything from battling armored polar bears, to the magical alethiometer from which the film takes its name.

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Guardians of the Galaxy

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Oscar hit: The first nomination from Marvel Entertainment this year, the film has a strong story line & CG characters working in its favour. But will these be enough to clinch Marvel its first Oscar? We will soon find out.

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Oscar hit: A front runner for the award in the category this year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes finds favour due to its perfect blend of computer generated effects & motion capture.

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Interstellar

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Oscar hit: Another nomination from the house of Marvel Entertainment, Captain America slowly but gradually came to forefront with its extensive use of visual effects. Will it surpass all the contenders at the finishing line, we will have to wait & watch.

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Oscar hit: A dark horse, this is the first film in the franchise to receive a nomination. Would this also mean receive the award itself?

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Oscar nominations in the VFX category \u2013 2015

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The Oscars are just around the corner & we thought this would be the right time to take a look at the Best Visual Effects nominees for the year.

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This year the Oscars will witness a literal clash of the titans. So let\u2019s take a look at the nominations this year & why or why not could they take the coveted honour home.

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Guardians of the Galaxy

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The latest instalment from Marvel Universe, 90% of the shots in Guardians of the Galaxy was special effects. Moving Picture Company, Luma Pictures, Framestore, and Method Studios came together to create the mind blowing visual effects for the film.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LIQ2-PZBC8[/youtube]

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Source: Marvel Entertainment

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Oscar hit: The first nomination from Marvel Entertainment this year, the film has a strong story line & CG characters working in its favour. But will these be enough to clinch Marvel its first Oscar? We will soon find out.

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Oscar miss: Competing against favourites like Interstellar & Dawn of the Planet of the Apes may prove to be enough for Marvel to miss the award once again.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Special effects creator, Joe Letteri extensively used motion capture technology to depict apes in their natural habitat in one of the top contenders this year at the Oscars for the category.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5e7Xc1Hwk[/youtube]

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Source: 20th Century Fox UK

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Oscar hit: A front runner for the award in the category this year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes finds favour due to its perfect blend of computer generated effects & motion capture.

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Oscar miss: Interstellar. Do we need to say more?

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Interstellar

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The visual effects company, Double Negative provided the special effects for Christopher Nolan’s latest thriller. The film contained 850 visual effect shots, out of which 700 were created during post-production. 620 of those shots were presented in IMAX.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWdZVtXT7E[/youtube]

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Source: Warner Bros. UK

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Oscar hit: A favourite of moviegoers & juries alike, Nolan\u2019s film is expected to repeat the victory of Inception (2010).

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Oscar miss: Weak plot, characterisations & dialogues have been pointed out by trade critics globally. Will the stunning visual effects be enough to fetch the award?

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Director duo the Russo brothers wanted to work with as little CGI as possible during the filming and yet, as many as six companies including Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Scanline VFX, Lola VFX, Luma Pictures, Whiskytree, and The Embassy were involved in providing the 2,500 visual effects shots featured in the movie.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbayiPxkUMM[/youtube]

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Source: Marvel Entertainment

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Oscar hit: Another nomination from the house of Marvel Entertainment, Captain America slowly but gradually came to forefront with its extensive use of visual effects. Will it surpass all the contenders at the finishing line, we will have to wait & watch.

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Oscar miss: In-house competition with Guardians of the Galaxy could be the reason for losing the award. In addition, higher concentration on location shooting & practical effects could prove to be its downfall.

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X-Men: Days of Future

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A whopping number of twelve studios, including Digital Domain, Moving Picture Company & Rising Sun Pictures, were employed to work on the special effects of the film. The film contained 1311 visual effect shots & Richard Stammer acted as the overall effects supervisor.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiA6sVKLlgo[/youtube]

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Source: 20th Century Fox UK

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Oscar hit: A dark horse, this is the first film in the franchise to receive a nomination. Would this also mean receive the award itself?

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Oscar miss: Competing against favourites like Interstellar & Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

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Who\u2019s your favourite in the Oscar run? Tell us in the comment box below.

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P.S: We leave you with a memory of the last year.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViL3TXzM5tE[/youtube]

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