Behind The Scenes On This Year's Best Visual Effects Contenders

1/3/2018

By Will Mavity

We recently revealed the shortlist of 10 films which are up for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. This weekend, the Academy Visual Effects branch will gather to view making-of featurettes from the 10 shortlisted films, before voting on nominees. For the rest of us who will not be attending, here is your own look at the behind the scenes work of the talented VFX artists on these 10 films.

Click below to see highlights from the 10 visual effects contenders.

ALIEN: COVENANT

BLADE RUNNER 2049

DUNKIRK

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

KONG: SKULL ISLAND

OKJA

THE SHAPE OF WATER

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

VALERIAN & THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

WAR FOR THE PLNET OF THE APES

So what do you think will be the five films nominated for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects? Take a look at our predictions for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects here and you can also check out our reviews of these 10 films below:

“Alien: Covenant”
“Blade Runner 2049″
“Dunkirk”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
“Kong: Skull Island”
“Ojka”
“The Shape of Water”
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”

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BEST PICTURE
Roma (24) - AACTA, AWFJ, CC, CFCA, DFCS, KCFCC, LAFCA, LEJA, LFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PFCC, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, TFCA, VFCS, WAFCA
The Favourite (8) - AFCC, BIFA, FFCC, GALECA, HFCS, IFCA, KCFCC, PCC
Green Book (6) - GG, NBR, NFCS, NTFCA, PFCS, PGA
If Beale Street Could Talk (5) - AFCA, BSFC, COFCA, GWNYFCA, IPA
A Star Is Born (5) - DFCC, DFWFCA, GFCA, IPA, StLFCA
Black Panther (2) - AAFCA, BFCC
The Hate U Give (2) - IFJA, LAOFCS
The Rider (2) - IFP, NSFC
BlacKkKlansman - IPA
Bohemian Rhapsody - GG
Cold War - EFA
Eighth Grade - DFCS
Leave No Trace - SDFCS
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - UFCA
You Were Never Really Here - BOFCA

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron (36) - AACTA, AFCC, AWFJ, CC, CFCA, COFCA, DFCC, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GALECA, GFCA, GG, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LEJA, LFCC, LVFCS, NCFCA, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
Lynne Ramsey (5) - BOFCA, BSFC, LAOFCS, MCFCA, OAFFC
Spike Lee (4) - LAOFCS, NFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA
Barry Jenkins (3) - AFCA, GWNYFCA, PFCC
Ryan Coogler (2) - AAFCA, BFCC
Debra Granik (2) - LAFCA, SDFCS
Bo Burnham - IFP
Bradley Cooper - NBR
Yorgos Lanthimos - BIFA
Adam McKay - DFCS
Pawel Pawlikowski - EFA
Paul Schrader - VFCS

BEST ACTOR
Ethan Hawke (32) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, DFCS, DFCS, GALECA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, IFP, KCFCC, LAFCA, LFCC, LVFCS, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, SEFCA, SDFCS, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, VFCS, WFCC
Christian Bale (8) - CC, DFWFCA, GG, HFCS, KCFCC, MCFCA, NFCS, PFCC
Rami Malek (7) - AACTA, GG, IFCA, IPA, LAOFCS, OAFFC, NTFCA
Bradley Cooper (4) - BFCC, DFCC, LEJA, WAFCA
Viggo Mortensen (2) - NBR, PFCS
Joe Cole - BIFA
Willem Dafoe - IPA
Marcello Fonte - EFA
Ben Foster - COFCA
Joaquin Phoenix - FFCC
John C. Reilly - BSFC
John David Washington - AAFCA

BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman (23) - AACTA, AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BIFA, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GG, IFCA, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LFCC, MCFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, OAFFC, SEFCA, TFCA, VFCS, WFCC
Toni Collette (13) - BOFCA, CFCA, DFCS, GFCA, HFCS, IFP, LAOFCS, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, VFCS
Lady Gaga (6) - CC, DFCC, LVFCS, NBR, PFCS, WAFCA
Melissa McCarthy (6) - BSFC, FFCC, NYFCO, PCC, SFFCC, VFCS
Glenn Close (4) - CC, GG, IPA, SDFCS
Yalitzia Aparicio (3) - GWNYFCA, LEJA, OFCC
Regina Hall (3) - AAFCA, NYFCC, VFCS
Viola Davis (2) - BFCC, PFCC
Elsie Fisher - UFCA
Nicole Kidman - NFCS
Joanna Kulig - EFA
Amandla Stenberg - IFJA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard E. Grant (21) - AFCA, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, GALECA, IPA, KCFCC, LFCC, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, VFCS
Mahershala Ali (13) - AACTA, BFCC, CC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, HFCS, IFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, NTFCA, PFCS, WAFCA
Sam Elliott (5) - AFCC, GFCA, IFJA, LVFCS, NBR
Michael B. Jordan (5) - MCFCA, NCFCA, OFCC, OFCS, SFFCC
Steven Yeun (5) - FFCC, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NSFC, TFCA
Russell Hornsby (3) - AAFCA, LAOFCS, UFCA
Timothee Chalamet - SDFCS
Hugh Grant - UFCA
Josh Hamilton - DFCS
Alessandro Nivola - BIFA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King (36) - AFCA, AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CC, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GG, GWNYFCA, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, WAFCA
Rachel Weisz (7) - BIFA, DFCS, HFCS, NFCS, LFCC, OAFFC, VFCS
Emma Stone (4) - AFCC, GFCA, NTFCA, PFCS
Olivia Colman (2) - CFCA, UFCA
Nicole Kidman (2) - AACTA, SDFCS
Amy Adams - KCFCC
Sakura Ando - FFCC

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
If Beale Street Could Talk (10) - AFCA, BFCC, CC, CFCA, GWNYFCA, LEJA, NBR, NCFCA, OAFFC, OFCS
BlacKkKlansman (9) - AAFCA, COFCA, DFCS, GFCA, KCFCC, OFCC, SEFCA, SFFCC, StLFCA
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (7) - AWFJ, BSFC, FFCC, IPA, LAFCA, PFCS, WAFCA
The Hate U Give (3) - IFJA, LAOFCS, PFCC
The Death Of Stalin (2) - NSFC, SDFCS
Black Panther - NFCS
Leave No Trace - LVFCS
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - UFCA

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Favourite (18) - AACTA, AFCC, AWFJ, BIFA, DFWFCA, GALECA, HFCS, KCFCC, LFCC, NCFCA, NFCS, NYFCO, OAFFC, PCC, SEFCA, SFCS, TFCA, WAFCA
First Reformed (12) - BOFCA, CC, CFCA, IFJA, IFP, NBR, NYFCC, OFCC, OFCS, SFFCC, TFCA, VFCS
Sorry To Bother You (5) - AFCA, BFCC, FFCC, GWNYFCA, MCFCA
Eighth Grade (4) - COFCA, GFCA, SDFCS, UFCA
Green Book (3) - DFCS, GG, PFCS
Vice (3) - DFCS, LAOFCS, StLFCA
A Quiet Place (2) - DFCS, LVFCS
Roma (2) - IPA, LEJA
Cold War - EFA

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roma (34) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CC, CFCA, COFCA, DFWFCA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs - SDFCS
Cold War - FFCC
The Favourite - BIFA
First Man - DFCC
U-July 22 - EFA
The Rider - SDFCS
A Star Is Born - IPA

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Favourite (5) - BIFA, IPA, LVFCS, PFCS, SDFCS
Black Panther (3) - CC, LEJA, SFCS
Dogman - EFA

BEST FILM EDITING
Roma (6) - AWFJ, CFCA, IPA, LEJA, LVFCS, PFCS
First Man (4) - AFCA, BSFC, CC, WAFCA
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2) - OFCS, SFCS
Widows (2) - COFCA, MCFCA
American Animals - BIFA
Cold War - EFA
Game Night - SDFCS
If Beale Street Could Talk - GWNYFCA
Minding The Gap - LAFCA
The Other Side Of The Wind - SFFCC
Searching - LAOFCS
Vice - StLFCA
You Were Never Really Here - BOFCA

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Black Panther - LEJA
Dogman - EFA
The Favourite - BIFA
Vice - CC

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
If Beale Street Could Talk (12) - BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, HFCS, IFCA, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, NYFCO, OFCS, PCC, WAFCA
First Man (7) - AFCC, CC, FFCC, GFCA, GG, IPA, PFCS
Black Panther (3) - DFCS, HMMA, MCFCA
BlacKkKlansman (2) - SFFCC, StLFCA
Isle Of Dogs (2) - DFWFCA, HMMA
Mandy (2) - AFCA, SFCS
Suspiria (2) - IFJA, LVFCS
You Were Never Really Here (2) - BIFA, BOFCA
Annihilation - UFCA
Mary Queen Of Scots - HMMA

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
A Star Is Born (13) - CC, DFCS, GFCA, GG, HFCS, HMMA, IFCA, IPA, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, PFCS
Black Panther (2) - AAFCA, HMMA
RBG - HMMA
Sherlock Gnomes - HMMA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Favourite (8) - BIFA, CFCA, FFCC, GFCA, NFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS
Black Panther (6) - CC, LAFCA, MCFCA, SFFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA
Isle Of Dogs - LVFCS
Mary Poppins Returns - IPA
Roma - LEJA
The Summer - EFA

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Captain - EFA
First Man - MCFCA
A Quiet Place - IPA
Roma - LEJA
You Were Never Really Here - BIFA

BEST SOUND EDITING
A Quiet Place - IPA

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Black Panther (5) - CC, IPA, LEJA, NCFCA, PFCS
Avengers: Infinity War (4) - DFCS, LAOFCS, NFCS, StLFCA
Ready Player One (2) - LVFCS, SDFCS
Annihilation - FFCC
Border - EFA
Early Man - BIFA
First Man - HFCS
Mission: Impossible - Fallout - SFCS

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (30) - AFCA, AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CC, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFCS, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, MCFCA, NCFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PGA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA
Isle Of Dogs (13) - BSFC, DFWFCA, HFCS, IPA, LVFCS, NFCS, NTFCA, OAFFC, PFCS, SEFCA, SDFCS, TFCA, WAFCA
Incredibles 2 (3) - IFCA, NBR, PFCC
Mirai - FFCC

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Roma (36) - AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CC, CFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, NTFCA, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, VFCS, WAFCA
Shoplifters (5) - BSFC, COFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, SDFCS
Burning (4) - AFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, TFCA
Cold War (4) - LFCC, NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (35) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GFCA, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, PGA, SEFCA, SFFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
Minding The Gap (7) - CFCA, GWNYFCA, IDA, IPA, NSFC, NYFCC, VFCS
Shirkers (3) - COFCA, FFCC, LAFCA
Three Identical Strangers - (3) DFCC, DFCS, SDFCS
Quincy (2) - AAFCA, BFCC
Bergman - A Year In A Life - EFA
Free Solo - SFCS
Hale County This Morning, This Evening - IFP
RBG - NBR

Authors

Nicole Ackman
Jacey Aldredge
Dan Bayer
Tom O' Brien
Danilo Castro
Cody Dericks
Liam Heffernan
Daniel Howat
Beatrice Loayza
Will Mavity
Matt Neglia
Josh Parham
Kt Schaefer
Celia Schlekewey
Michael Schwartz
Ryan C. Showers
Josh Williams

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