The Visual Effects Society declared its superlatives for the 2014 year in film last night, and the big victor was Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,
taking home three trophies including the top prize of Best Visual
Effects in an Effects-Driven Film. Can't argue with that assessment,
although the Academy might. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was similarly
successful with the guild on 2012, only to be pipped by the prestige
veneer of Hugo. Interstellar --
which won a single VES Award for its awesome Tesseract -- seems like it's in a position to pull off a similar coup.
Other feature film winners include Birdman for supporting fx (easy call), and X-Men: Days of Future Past picking up two awards for the dazzling work in that kitchen sequence.
On the animated side of things, the group continued their maddening pattern of handing all four applicable categories to the same film, the beneficiary being
Big Hero 6. Look, it had really cool simulation effects animation and certainly deserved to win something (namely, that character animation category which it should have won at the ANNIES), but the work in How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Boxtrolls is equally impressive. Seriously, when was the last time the VES spread the wealth in these categories? I'm struggling to think of a year when there wasn't a sweeper.
Check out all the winners after the cut.
"Apes at VES... strong. Apes at Academy... weak."
Other feature film winners include Birdman for supporting fx (easy call), and X-Men: Days of Future Past picking up two awards for the dazzling work in that kitchen sequence.
On the animated side of things, the group continued their maddening pattern of handing all four applicable categories to the same film, the beneficiary being
Big Hero 6. Look, it had really cool simulation effects animation and certainly deserved to win something (namely, that character animation category which it should have won at the ANNIES), but the work in How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Boxtrolls is equally impressive. Seriously, when was the last time the VES spread the wealth in these categories? I'm struggling to think of a year when there wasn't a sweeper.
Check out all the winners after the cut.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Birdman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Birdman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Caesar
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Baymax
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Interstellar - Tesseract
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Into the Portal
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Kitchen Scene
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project
Big Hero 6 - City of San Fransokyo
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Caesar
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Baymax
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Interstellar - Tesseract
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Into the Portal
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Kitchen Scene
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project
Big Hero 6 - City of San Fransokyo
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
