Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Hugo & Rango Win Top Visual Effects Honors at the 10th Annual VES Awards
- Outstanding VFX in a VFX-Driven Feature Motion Picture
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”: Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, Cyndi Ochs, Kurt Williams
- Outstanding Supporting VFX in a Feature Motion Picture
“Hugo”: Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, Rob Legato, Karen Murphy
- Outstanding VFX in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
“Rango”: Tim Alexander, Hal Hickel, Jacqui Lopez, Katie Lynch
- Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” — Caesar: Daniel Barrett, Florian Fernandez, Matthew Muntean, Eric Reynolds
- Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
“Rango” — Rango: Frank Gravatt, Kevin Martel, Brian Paik, Steve Walton
- Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
“Hugo”: Martin Chamney, Rob Legato, Adam Watkins, Fabio Zangla
- Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
“Rango” — The Dirt Saloon: Colin Benoit, Philippe Rebours, Nelson Sepulveda, Nick Walker
- Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” — 155 Wacker Drive: Giles Hancock, John Hanson, Tom Martinek, Scott Younkin
- Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
“Rango” — Main Street Dirt: John Bell, Polly Ing, Martin Murphy, Russell Paul
- Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
“Game of Thrones:” — The Icewall: Markus Kuha, Dante Harbridge Robinson, Damien Mac, Fani Vassiadi
- Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
“Canal + The Bear”: Laurent Creusot, Guillaume Ho, Olivier Mitonneau, Michal Nauzin
- Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
“Gears of War 3″ — Dust to Dust: Niles Heckman, Richard Morton, Vernon Wilbert Jr.
- Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” — Driller: Tim Brakensiek, Kelvin Chu, David Fogler, Rene Garcia
- Outstanding Models in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
“Boardwalk Empire” — Georgia Peaches: Matthew Conner, Eran Dinur, David Reynolds, Szymon Weglarski
- Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
“Captain America: The First Avenger” — Skinny Steve: Casey Allen, Trent Claus, Brian Hajek, Cliff Welsh
- Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
“Boardwalk Empire” — Gimcr
- Outstanding VFX in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie, or Special
“Inside the Human Body”: Phil Dobree, Sophie Orde, Dan Upton
- Outstanding VFX in a Broadcast Series
“Terra Nova” — “Occupation & Resistance”: Kevin Blank, Colin Brady, Adica Manis, Jason Zimmerman
- Outstanding Supporting VFX in a Broadcast Program
“Game of Thrones” — “Winter Is Coming”: Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Angela Barson, Ed Bruce, Adam McInnes
- Outstanding VFX in a Live Action Commercial
“Dior J’adore”: Pascal Giroux, Julien Meesters, Stephane Pivron, Manuel Souillac
- Outstanding VFX in an Animated Commercial or Video Game Trailer
“Diablo III: The Black Soulstone”: Nicholas S. Carpenter, Graham Cunningham, Chris Thunig, Taka Yasuda
- Outstanding VFX in a Special Venue Project
“Transformers the Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle”: Lori Arnold, Yanick Dusseault, Delio Tramontozzi, Jeff White
ack & Bunkum: Anton Dawson. Eran Dinur, Austin Meyers, David Reynolds
- Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
“A.maize”: Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann
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YES HUGO.
Ryan Adams – No problem
Looks like Caesar is one ape who… RISES to the occasion at the VES Awards!
Hugo! That’s an honest win.
Is there a “big” award in the VES? Meaning, do they have an equivalent of a “best picture” type award? Just wondering.
OT: The Guardian is doing their featurette “Why ________ Should Win Best Picture”, just like last year. The video for The Artist was uploaded today, and who does Peter Bradshaw quote? None other than Sasha Stone!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2012/feb/07/the-artist-best-picture-oscar
Is that it?
Jason — they had a halftime break and I got distracted.
we’ve added 5 or 6 more categories. more to come.
Special Venue: Transformers the Ride.
VES has finished handing out honorary awards for Doug Trumbull and Stan Lee
now time for the final 3 awards
VFX in Animated Feature: Rango
Yes! Hugo and Game of Thrones!
Great choices.
Great for Hugo! Two guild wins in a row.
Rise of the planet of the apes won the big award tonight. CONGRATUALTION!!!
Yay! Congrats Hugo! I hope it wins big at the Oscars <3
Rise of the planet of the apes Wins ！！！！！！！！！！！
Go HUGO!
A film about Georges Méliés winning for Visual Effects is beautiful poetry.
How is Potter nominated 5 times and got nothing, yet Hugo is nominated twice(?) and won Best Visual Effects?
Some bullshit in my opinion.
No really, the snobbery at these awards is getting pretty disgusting.
The effects for Terra Nova are teeeeerrrrible!
Hugo doesn’t win VES top award
Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture:
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Variety — thanks!
I was pulling these off Twitter as they were announced and missed the final award for Rise of the Apes.
Added now, and headline fixed.
Oscar/VES correlation
2002 winners
VES – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (8 wins / 9 noms)
AA – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 winners
VES – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (4 wins / 8 noms)
AA – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 winners
VES – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2 wins / 3 noms) – (nominated: Spider-Man 2)
AA – Spider-Man 2 (3 wins / 6 noms) – (nominated: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
2005 winners
VES – King Kong (3 wins / 4 noms)
AA – King Kong
2006 winners
VES – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (6 wins / 6 noms)
AA – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2007 winners
VES – Transformers (3 wins / 5 noms) – (nominated: The Golden Compass)
AA – The Golden Compass (0 wins / 1 nom) – (nominated: Transformers)
2008 winners
VES – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (4 wins / 4 noms)
AA – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 winners
VES – Avatar (7 wins / 12 noms)
AA – Avatar
2010 winners
VES – Inception (4 wins / 4 noms)
AA – Inception
2011 winners
VES – Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2 wins / 4 noms)
AA – ?
2011 Oscar nominees at the VES
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2 wins / 4 noms)
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Hugo (2 wins / 4 noms)
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon (2 wins / 5 noms)
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (0 wins / 5 noms)
Real Steel (0 wins / 0 noms)
2011 non-Oscar nominees at the VES
Rango
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The First Avenger
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Analysis
AMPAS Best Visual Effects = Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
7 matches in the 9 years of the VES Awards
In 2004, it could be argued that Spider-Man 2 wasn’t a surprise Oscar winner – it had the most VES nominations and wins.
2007 brought the only surprise win.
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Hugo is only the third film to be nominated for the VES supporting visual effects award and also receive an Oscar nomination for best visual effects (Master and Commander, Hereafter).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes will probably win the 2011 Oscar. Hugo is a good NGNG but supporting visual effects have never won the Oscar going all the way back to 1963.
@Hunter, yeah well it’s not like the Academy had something to do with it
I thought Hugo’s VFX were pretty amazing and more than just supporting. I’m still making it my hope for VFX (although I am glad Rise of the Apes is getting some love, as long as they thank Andy Serkis if they win, they I’m fine with it)
So according to VES by giving Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture to Rise of the Planet of the Apes they think that Caesar is a visual effect not a performance by an actor. Thanks for making the argument harder for motion-capture performances.
AJ, I dunno. Can’t the visual effects and actor’s performance be equally important?
Nobody complained when the computer generated world of Avatar won Best Cinematography. (well, ok, a few of us complained.)
If The Iron Lady wins an Oscar for Best Make-up does that mean Meryl Streep’s part of the portrayal is lessened?
Not good for Harry Potter. The final Harry Potter and the franchise will go empty handed. That is just wrong.
Terra Nova wins one. Transformers 3 was pretty cool. Rise of the Planet of the Apes will win.
so, does this leave potter out of the VFX Race???
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sO zorry for potter though
The recent win makes me want to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Yes Ryan, they can. However it’s all in the name. The award is for “Animated Character” not “VFX-Aided Performance” and the category was filled with characters created by computers. They really need to create a separate category.
Well, of course Hugo wins. THEIR logo is the bloody Trip to the Moon.
I have been listening to John Williams all day long. He turned 80 today, and as we know, he just added two more nominations to his impressive record (=most Oscar nominated living person).
Natalie Portman is working with Terrence MAlick!
http://thescreenteen.blogspot.com/2012/02/natalie-portman-terrence-malick-yes.html
Sean Wu says:
February 8, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Natalie Portman is working with Terrence MAlick!
http://thescreenteen.blogspot.com/2012/02/natalie-portman-terrence-malick-yes.html
Good news. I can’t wait to see her in a flowing dress on a swing under beautiful blue skies, never saying anything, while a narrator mumbles half sentences intended to be profound.
Came here to post the Portman/Malick news. Hello.
Ihe animated characters in Rise of the Planet of the Apes were astounding but then so were the effects in Deathly Hallows Part 2. I liked Voldemort’s haunting presence in the movie. As for Transformers 3, the effects were overused similtaneously.
virtual cinematography this year goes to Hugo and Rango. is cinematography becoming more virtual now then old fashioned. I guessso. Visual effects is one of my favorite categories at the oscars.`
I will leave this site now for good. This is PERSONAL. My feelings have been hurt. Seriously hurt.
I gave you a hint earlier. John Williams turned 80 yesterday, He is the most nominated person alive, just added two more noms this year, but an “Oscar site” doesn’t care. Why? Cause it’s Tintin and War Horse, films that are mostly hated here. You’d rather post 400 posts about Viola Davis or 300 about Dragon Tattoo than 1 of Williams – or even ORIGINAL SCORE.
Ask ANYONE who has had more impact in the WORLD – John Williams or David Fincher? I rest my case, I can’t take you seriously – hate me all you like!
I am done.
Every other movie site posted about Williams. You had your chance, and you blew it – next time he’s DEAD. Happy then?
It could’ve been a “bridge” to talk about original score (believe it or not, music is important in pictures), but Best Actress is all you care about.
I am done (Part II).
Why? Cause it’s Tintin and War Horse, films that are mostly hated here.
not true.
I posted the complete soundtracks from Tintin and Warhorse both. I haven’t done that for any other movie this year.
I posted a video interview with John Williams. I haven’t done that for any other composer this year.
This isn’t a site that ever posts Whose Birthday Is It Today?
I’ve been busy Tero. I will get around to posting your tip that John Williams turned 80.
If it’s impressive that he’s 80, just think about how impressive it will be when he’s 80 yrs old + 3 days.
3 days older than 80 is a far more amazing achievement than plain ol’ 80.
He has composed so much. Some of the most beloved trilogies and all. I gotta pee.
I am done (Part III).
Sorry but TinTin is hated, War Horse is just met with a huge dose of disappointment. There is a difference.
Ask ANYONE who has had more impact in the WORLD – John Williams or David Fincher? I rest my case, I can’t take you seriously – hate me all you like!
Yeah. He’s been rewarded enough. How has John Williams impacted THE WORLD? It’s a bit disappointing that he’s honored (not once but twice this year, embarrassing – he should take his name out of contention by this point) continually, over and over and over again. I love him as much as the next person but the Oscars get stuck in a groove and they can’t get out of it. It gets dreary after a while. But go if you must.
Blimey it’s hard enough to compare artists within one category let alone trying to fathom whether a composer or director has had more impact? The only comparison i can consider making is that they have both risen to the top of their respective fields. Both beloved in the movie world.
Now if we were talking Ennio Morricone or Bernard Herrman or Max Steiner – it would be interesting to argue.