Disney’s Big Hero 6 was the big winner at the VES awards sweeping the animation-only categories, taking five trophies in all. The big win, however, was for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which took the top Visual Effects prize while Birdman took the Supporting Visual Effects award. Interstellar takes its first big loss in the field of Visual Effects this year, but this isn’t the first time this has happened. In 2011, Rise of the Planet of the Apes won the VES prize, but lost the Oscar to Hugo.
The difference is that Hugo had won the Supporting Visual Effects award that year and was not directly competing with Apes, so we had no direct comparison. This year, Birdman isn’t nominated at the Oscars and all of Dawn‘s competition was on display. So, Interstellar is on the ropes, but shouldn’t be counted out just yet. The Visual Effects Society has an uneven record with predicting Visual Effects at the Oscars, but this definitely gives Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (which has only one Oscar nod overall compared to 5 for Interstellar) a boost against a film that was supposed to be a major competitor everywhere, but ultimately failed to click with audiences.
Award Tallies
(5) Big Hero 6
(3) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
(2) X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Awards
Best Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Peter, RU:Wesley, RU:Tripp)
Best Supporting Visual Effects
Birdman (Wesley, Peter, RU:Tripp)
Best Animation in an Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
Best Animated Character in a Live Action Film
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Caesar (Wesley)
Best Animated Character in an Animation Film
Big Hero 6 – Baymax (Wesley)
Best Created Environment in a Live Action Film
Interstellar – Tesseract (Wesley)
Best Created Environment in an Animated Feature
Big Hero 6 – Into the Portal
Best Models
Big Hero 6 – City of San Fransokyo (RU:Wesley)
Best Compositing
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Best Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Film
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Kitchen Scene (Wesley)
Best Effects Simulations in an Live Action Film
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen (Wesley)
Best Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
Visual Effects Society Data
First Awards: 2002 (13)
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