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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The Power Of The Dog (21) - AFCA, BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, HFCS, KCFCC, NCFCA, NDFS, NYFCO, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, UFCA
Drive My Car (6) - BSFC, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, SFCS, TFCA
Belfast (5) - IFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, TIFF, WAFCA
Licorice Pizza (5) - AFCC, GFCA, NBR, OFCC, StLFCA
CODA (2) - CIC, NFCS
The Green Knight (2) - NTFCA, PCA
After Love - BIFA
Cyrano - DFCS
Happening - VENICE
The Harder They Fall - AAFCA
King Richard - BFCC
Last Night In Soho - HFCS
The Lost Daughter - GOTHAM
Mass - IFJA
Pig - GWNYFCA
Quo Vadis, Aida? - EFA
Titane - CANNES
The Tragedy of Macbeth - CACF
West Side Story - GG

BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion (35) - AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFCA, IFCS, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, PCA, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, VENICE, WAFCA
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (3) - BSFC, NSFC, SFCS
Denis Villeneuve (3) - BFCC, CACF, NTFCA
Guillermo del Toro (2) - HFCS, NFCS
Paul Thomas Anderson - NBR
Kenneth Branagh - PFCS
Leos Carax - CANNES
Maggie Gyllenhaal - GOTHAM
Alex Khan - BIFA
Lin-Manuel Miranda - DFCS
Jeymes Samuel - AAFCA
Steven Spielberg - LVFCS
Jasmila Zbanic - EFA

BEST ACTRESS
Kristen Stewart (22) - AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFCS, IFJA, NDFS, NFCS, NTFCA, OAFFC, PCA, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA, WFCC
Alana Haim (6) - AFCC, BSFC, COFCA, GFCA, FFCC, OFCC
Jessica Chastain (4) - DFCS, HFCS, LVFCS, NCFCA
Olivia Colman (4) - GOTHAM, KCFCC, SFBAFCC, TFCA
Penelope Cruz (4) - LAFCA, NSFC, SDFCS, VENICE
Tessa Thompson (3) - BFCC, CIC, NYFCO
Lady Gaga (2) - IFCA, NYFCC
Renate Reinsve (2) - CACF, CANNES
Rachel Zegler (2) - GG, NBR
Caitriona Balfe - SDFCS
Jasna Duricic - EFA
Jennifer Hudson - AAFCA
Emilia Jones - UFCA
Nicole Kidman - GG
Agathe Rousselle - AFCA
Joanna Scanlan - BIFA

BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch (20) - AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, HFCS, KCFCC, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, PCA, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC
Nicolas Cage (11) - AFCA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFCS, LVFCS, NTFCA, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, UFCA
Andrew Garfield (6) - CACF, CIC, GG, IFCA, OAFFC, WAFCA
Will Smith (5) - AAFCA, BFCC, GG, NBR, WFCC
Hidetoshi Nishijima (2) - BSFC, NSFC
Adeel Akhtar - BIFA
John Arcilla - VENICE
Peter Dinklage - DFCS
Adam Driver - FFCC
Frankie Faison - GOTHAM
Oscar Isaac - IFJA
Caleb Landry Jones - CANNES
Simon Rex - LAFCA
Denzel Washington - TFCA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose (12) - DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GG, LAFCA, LVFCS, OAFFC, PCA, PFCS, SFCS
Kirsten Dunst (8) - AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, NDFS, OFCC, PCC, SEFCA, SFBAFCC
Ruth Negga (8) - CFCA, CIC, COFCA, GWNYFCA, NSFC, NYFCO, PFCC, SDFCS
Ann Dowd (6) - CACF, HFCS, KCFCC, NCFCA, StLFCA, UFCA
Aunjanue Ellis (6) - AAFCA, BFCC, CACF, NBR, NFCS, WAFCA
Jessie Buckley (2) - BSFC, TFCA
Caitríona Balfe - IFCA
Gaby Hoffmann - IFJA
Kathryn Hunter - NYFCC
Marlee Matlin - HFCS
Vinette Robinson - BIFA
Tilda Swinton - NTFCA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kodi Smit-McPhee (24) - AFCA, BFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, HFCS, IFCA, LAFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
Troy Kotsur (6) - BSFC, GOTHAM, HFCS, IFJA, LVFCS, NFCS
Bradley Cooper (4) - AFCC, CACF, GFCA, TFCA
Ciarán Hinds (3) - KCFCC, NBR, PFCS
Jeffrey Wright (3) - CIC, NTFCA, PCA
Talid Ariss - BIFA
Jon Bernthal - DFCS
Mike Faist - PCC
Corey Hawkins - AAFCA
Jason Isaacs - SDFCS
Anders Danielsen Lie - NSFC
Vincent Lindon - LAFCA
J.K. Simmons - DFCS

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Power Of The Dog (25) - BFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, LVFCS, NCFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, PCA, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA
Drive My Car (8) - AFCA, BSFC, CANNES, IFJA, LAFCA, NSFC, SFCS, TFCA
CODA (2) - HFCS, UFCA
The Lost Daughter (2) - GOTHAM, VENICE
Nightmare Alley - NFCS
The Tragedy Of Macbeth - NBR
West Side Story - KCFCC

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Licorice Pizza (11) - AFCC, CFCA, COFCA, GFCA, KCFCC, NCFCA, NDFS, NYFCC, OFCC, PCC, SEFCA
Belfast (5) - GG, HFCS, LVFCS, PFCS, WAFCA
Mass (4) - CACF, IFJA, SDFCS, StLFCA
Pig (4) - AFCA, CIC, DFCS, OAFFC
Don't Look Up (2) - AAFCA, DFCS
C'mon C'mon - SFBAFCC
The French Dispatch - FFCC
A Hero - NBR
King Richard - BFCC
The Mitchells vs. The Machines - UFCA

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune (14) - BFCC, CACF, DFWFCA, HFCS, HFCS, GFCA, NTFCA, OAFFC, OFCC, PCA, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, WAFCA
The Power Of The Dog (11) - AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCO, StLFCA
The Green Knight (6) - AFCA, CIC, GWNYFCA, NSFC, SFCS, UFCA
The Tragedy Of Macbeth (5) - COFCA, KCFCC, NBR, PCC, SFBAFCC
Nightmare Alley (2) - NFCS, PFCC
West Side Story (2) - LVFCS, NYFCC
Boiling Point - BIFA
Great Freedom - EFA

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella (5) - CIC, LVFCS, NDFS, SDFCS, StLFCA
Dune (3) - NCFCA, PCA, PFCS
Ammonite - EFA
The Green Knight - SFCS
House Of Gucci - HFCS
Spencer - CFCA
The Souvenir Part II - BIFA

BEST FILM EDITING
Dune (4) - AFCA, BOFCA, PFCS, SFCS
West Side Story (4) - CIC, COFCA, LVFCS, UFCA
The Power Of The Dog (3) - GWNYFCA, NDFS, SFBAFCC
The French Dispatch (2) - CFCA, NCFCA
Last Night In Soho (2) - HFCS, StLFCA
In The Heights - SDFCS
The Souvenir Part II - BIFA
Summer Of Soul - LAFCA
Tick, Tick...Boom! - WAFCA
Unclenching The Fists - EFA
The Velvet Underground - BSFC

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Cruella (2) - HFCS, NCFCA
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (2) - CIC, NDFS
The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain - BIFA
Titane - EFA

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dune (16) - AFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CIC, DFWFCA, GFCA, FFCC, GG, HMMA, NCFCA, PCA, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
The Power Of The Dog (13) - AFCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, NDFS, OFCC, PCC, PFCC, SFBAFCC, UFCA
Spencer (3) - BSFC, GWNYFCA, LVFCS
Parallel Mothers (2) - HMMA, LAFCA
The Addams Family 2 - HMMA
Ali & Ava - BIFA
C'mon C'mon - HMMA
Don't Look Up - HMMA
Great Freedom - EFA
The Harder They Fall - HFCS
Julia - HMMA
A Quiet Place: Part II - HMMA

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
No Time To Die (12) - CACF, CIC, DFCS, GFCA, GG, HFCS, HFCS, HMMA, LVFCS, NCFCA, NDFS, PFCS
CODA - HMMA
The Harder They Fall - IFCA
PAW Patrol: The Movie - HMMA
Rebel Hearts - HMMA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune (6) - FFCC, GFCA, HFCS, NCFCA, PCA, WAFCA
Nightmare Alley (5) - CIC, NFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFBAFCC
The French Dispatch (3) - CFCA, NDFS, StLFCA
Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar - LAFCA
The Green Knight - SFCS
Natural Light - EFA
The Souvenir Part II - BIFA
West Side Story - LVFCS

BEST SOUND
Dune (4) - NCFCA, NDFS, PCA, SDFCS
Boiling Point - BIFA
The Innocents - EFA
Last Night In Soho - HFCS

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune (13) - CFCA, DFCS, FFCC, HFCS, LVFCS, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, PCA, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2) - CIC, HFCS
Dashcam - BIFA
Lamb - EFA

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (26) - AFCA, AFCC, BFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, HFCS, KCFCC, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, PCA, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, WAFCA
Flee (10) - BSFC, CFCA, DFCS, EFA, IFJA, LAFCA, PFCC, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA
Encanto (6) - DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, IFCA, NBR, NDFS
Luca - SDFCS
Raya And The Last Dragon - NTFCA

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car (22) - AFCA, AFCC, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GFCA, GG, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, KCFCC, NCFCA, NYFCO, OFCC, PCC, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, WAFCA
Flee (4) - BIFA, LVFCS, NDFS, UFCA
The Hand Of God (4) - BFCC, FFCC, HFCS, PFCS
The Worst Person In The World (3) - BOFCA, NYFCC, PCA
A Hero (2) - CACF, NBR
Parallel Mothers (2) - CIC, SDFCS
Lamb - NTFCA
Petite Maman - LAFCA
Titane - PFCC

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Summer Of Soul (33) - AAFCA, AFCA, BFCC, BSFC, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, HFCS, IFCA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NBR, NCFCA, NTFCA, OFCC, PCA, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, TFCA, WAFCA
Flee (12) - AFCC, BOFCA, CACF, DFCS, EFA, GOTHAM, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, StLFCA
The First Wave - UFCA
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time - IFJA
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche - BIFA

Authors

Nicole Ackman
Dan Bayer
Danilo Castro
Casey Lee Clark
Cody Dericks
Zach Gilbert
Daniel Howat
Lauren LaMagna
Will Mavity
Matt Neglia
Tom O'Brien
Eve O'Dea
Josh Parham
Ema Sasic

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