Table of contents:
- "1917", 2019, countries: USA, Great Britain, India, Spain, Canada, China, director Sam Mendes
- "Man on the Moon", 2018, countries: USA, Japan, director Damien Chazelle
- Blade Runner 2049, 2017, countries: USA, UK, Hungary, Canada, Spain, director Denis Villeneuve
- The Jungle Book, 2016, countries: UK, USA, director Jon Favreau
- Out of the Car, 2014, Country: UK, directed by Alex Garland
- Interstellar, 2014, countries: USA, UK, Canada, director Christopher Nolan
- "Gravity", 2013, countries: UK, USA, director Alfonso Cuaron
- Life of Pi, 2012, countries: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, director Ang Lee
- "Keeper of Time", 2011, countries: UK, USA, France, directed by Martin Scorsese
- "Inception", 2010, countries: USA, UK, director Christopher Nolan
Video: 10 Most Spectacular Films of the Last Decade Winning Oscars for Best Visual Effects
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Modern cinema is simply impossible to imagine without vivid special effects, which invariably attract viewers no less than a fascinating plot and talented acting. Visual effects in cinematography are constantly being improved, and the best specialists in computer graphics are working on them. More than 70 films have been honored with the Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, but ten of them are featured in our roundup today.
"1917", 2019, countries: USA, Great Britain, India, Spain, Canada, China, director Sam Mendes
In this truly epic film, every shot deserves special attention. Sometimes you even want to stop watching in order to have time to notice all the details. Dark colors, charred trees, smoke from ashes, a gray-yellow sky and many bodies of the dead. All these types are quite enough for everyone to understand how terrible war is as a phenomenon. And the whole film looks like a large-scale anti-war set about the ruthlessness of death and the unnaturalness of mass murder that are always present in war.
"Man on the Moon", 2018, countries: USA, Japan, director Damien Chazelle
The story of Neil Armstrong's participation in the Apollo 11 expedition and the first steps taken by an astronaut on the lunar surface. The director of the film demanded that everything in the frame look as realistic as possible, and therefore the visual effects specialists had to work hard. The director sent the actors who played the astronauts to a short training course at NASA, and after that they had to study the behavior of their heroes from the preserved records with the astronauts.
Blade Runner 2049, 2017, countries: USA, UK, Hungary, Canada, Spain, director Denis Villeneuve
This project was shrouded in secrecy from the very beginning of filming. Even the actors who shot in the film, having received the script, could only open that part of it, with which they had to work on a certain day. The spectacularity of the picture exceeds the wildest expectations of the audience, captivating with its depth, scale and elaboration of every detail.
The Jungle Book, 2016, countries: UK, USA, director Jon Favreau
All locations in this film were drawn using computer graphics, and the incredible beauty in each frame makes the viewer not look away from the screen for a second, despite the painfully familiar plot. The creators managed to make an atmospheric and entertaining film that not only children, but also adults watch with pleasure.
Out of the Car, 2014, Country: UK, directed by Alex Garland
Alex Garland's painting can rightfully be called a work of art. The film turned out to be very extraordinary and unpredictable, and in some places even shocking. Almost Hitchcock's intrigue will not allow you to relax until the very last shots, and visualization will make you gaze at the screen with fascination.
Interstellar, 2014, countries: USA, UK, Canada, director Christopher Nolan
In this picture, it is difficult to overestimate the spectacular effects, because they are present literally in every frame. A black hole and a space-time tunnel, archive footage - the hand of a real master is felt in everything. To create many of the effects, theoretical physicist Dr. Kip Thorne was involved in the work, on the basis of whose scientific developments the script was built, and visual effects supervisor Paul J. Franklin.
"Gravity", 2013, countries: UK, USA, director Alfonso Cuaron
The British company Framestore ruen was involved in the development of special effects for Alfonso Cuaron's film, which initially stated that its new creation would be comparable to the well-known Avatar, and in some ways even surpass it. About 60% of what is happening on the screen, according to the designers of special effects, was simulated using computer graphics.
Life of Pi, 2012, countries: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, director Ang Lee
The entire film by Ang Lee is filled with vivid visualization that makes you forget that the tiger is actually the fruit of the labor of talented graphic artists, but in fact, the real animal appears in the frame only a few times. On the whole, the picture turned out to be very solid and original, but for completeness of perception it is good to watch it on the big screen.
"Keeper of Time", 2011, countries: UK, USA, France, directed by Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese's films have always had a special atmosphere, and Keeper of Time is no exception. The director became famous for the creation of films about criminal showdowns, and his new creation looks more like a kind and bright fairy tale, with all its characteristic features and truly magical visual effects.
"Inception", 2010, countries: USA, UK, director Christopher Nolan
Many of the special effects in the film are inspired by the work of artist Maurits Cornelis Escher, renowned for his conceptual lithographs and wood and metal engravings. The attentive viewer will find in the film many references to the works of Escher, who, among other things, also studied the peculiarities of the psychological perception of complex three-dimensional objects.
Very good visual effects can be seen more and in disaster films, whose popularity has grown steadily over the years. The directors support the audience's interest by annually releasing films about threats from space and natural disasters, climatic apocalypses and man-made disasters.
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