Top VFX Contenders of 2015 for The Oscars, Who do you think will make the cut?

1. Top VFX Contenders 2015
Who do you thinkwill make thecut?

3. The plot of the movie revolves around the technological marvel
and the ultimate superweapon that can stay in the orbit and kill
millions of innocents at a time and not the main characters of the
movie.
Industrial Light & Magic planned a slight upgrade on the
Helicarrier in the avengers which is about 25% larger than its
predecessors. One of the biggest challenges in creating this model
which took more than a year was to make the surveillance dome
sit in the carrier so it doesn’t seem like a pregnant underbelly. But
with the CG environments and destruction, they had to use only
one or two of the carriers at a time. Not to mention the V Ray that
came in handy during the integration of the highly complex shots.

5. The apes and their performance are central to the story of this
movie. It was the extremely believable movements of these
characters that lent this movie its charm. To make this possible,
Andy Serkis who is synonymous with the ground breaking movie
technique of motion capture was brought on board. The use of
motion capture technique drastically brought down the time
needed to bring the characters of Ceaser and his friends to life
and allowed the team to work on more important parts like facial
movements and more.

7. The story of the Guardians of the Galaxy revolves around five
unlikely characters more specifically criminals who take on the
task of saving the universe from the fanatical bad guy.
Groot and Rocket, two of the main characters of the five had to be
created, one being a tree and the other a genetically modified
raccoon like creature. Groot was brought to life using a mime
dressed in a blue body suit and a mask that outlined the
characters facial features. But was the emotional connection that
these two characters bring about with every action sequence and
choice they make that lends the movie a lot of the charm that it
holds.

9. This movie is about a team of astronauts who take on a final
voyage to find the humans another inhabitable planet as the
crops fail through out the global.
The visual effects through out the movie was simply stunning but
the one rather two that deserve most credit are the creation of
the black hole and the wormhole. New software had to be
written to create the scientifically accurate depiction of the black
hole and worm hole that took them to the planet that was being
considered as destination.

11. When a vengeful fairy curses the princess who is the only one who
can save the land, we get a movie like Maleficent.
The entire movie required quite a bit of visual effects but the two
specific effects that demand a special mention are
• The beautiful character work done for Angelina Jolie
• The digital face work done on the animated characters

13. The entire movie revolves around characters of the past that
come to life during the night. It is only obvious that movie
receive credit for the different characters that were created for
it like the Balinese dancers, Egyptian cat and more that
seemed way too realistic to be unreal.

15. Once the lonely mountain was claimed, it was time to defend
it against the darkness. The entire movie is packed with
tremendous effects one after the other but there are two
particular effects that deserve some partiality. One is when
Smaug attacked the lake town and the second is the detailed
building of the fire effects simulations.

17. This part of the transformers franchise received no credit as a
movie from the audience or the critics but no one could deny the
stunning visual effects.
The two effects that need to be mentioned are the Dinobots that
were added and the hypno-transforming particle effects during the
reassembly of the bots.

19. Anybody who saw this movie would say that they out did
themselves with this one. But the one scene that sticks with us
through the movie and even after is the slow motion sequence
during the prison break. Not only was it brilliant for the effects
but it was also funny and engaging!