Transformers movie gets three Oscars nominations
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Transformers gets Oscar Nomination for Visual Effects
Best visual effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Best sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7202652.stm
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Original Post, containing shortlist of Visual Effects Nominees, superceded by final nominee announcement, plus other categories, above.
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http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=21680
Full list of nominations:
Beowulf; The Bourne Ultimatum; Evan Almighty; The Golden Compass
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix; I Am Legend
Live Free Or Die Hard; National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End; Ratatouille
Spider-Man 3; Sunshine; 300; Transformers; The Water Horse
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Best sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7202652.stm
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Original Post, containing shortlist of Visual Effects Nominees, superceded by final nominee announcement, plus other categories, above.
Least surprising news of the day alert.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=21680
Full list of nominations:
Beowulf; The Bourne Ultimatum; Evan Almighty; The Golden Compass
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix; I Am Legend
Live Free Or Die Hard; National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End; Ratatouille
Spider-Man 3; Sunshine; 300; Transformers; The Water Horse
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Should not be that hard to get one,even though 300 looked awesome I don't thin there's a movie with better visual effects.Beowulf looks nice,but lacks of personality and warmth,don't think it is a serious competition.But I don't care anyway.
// Forgot to mention Sunshine.A great movie,THIS could be a real competition,but I doubt that it has any chance to win against TF.
// Forgot to mention Sunshine.A great movie,THIS could be a real competition,but I doubt that it has any chance to win against TF.
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I think Transformers' biggest advantage is that there aren't many films that have done the same sort of thing with effects before (as in giant transforming robots). From what I know of that list (and to be honest, films in general over the past decade have been so lacking in imagination, originality and quality I don't particularly keep up), there isn't much that makes this sort of leap - Golden Compass is the same sort of stuff seen in LoTR/Narnia, Harry Potter and Pirates have refinements of the stuff seen in earlier films, and so on.
IMO, as fans we're a little bit too close to see just how good the effects for Transformers are. The stuff seen in the film is pretty similar to what's been happening in our heads for the past decade, if that makes any sense - as fans, we aren't as blown away by giant Transformers hurling each other around as people who haven't really paid much attention since '85, if at all.
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IMO, as fans we're a little bit too close to see just how good the effects for Transformers are. The stuff seen in the film is pretty similar to what's been happening in our heads for the past decade, if that makes any sense - as fans, we aren't as blown away by giant Transformers hurling each other around as people who haven't really paid much attention since '85, if at all.
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Originally posted by optimum
I agree with Cliffjumper in that the effects were visually fresh for Transformers. The other films mainly applied expansions on previous effects. We'll have to wait and see but geez there are a lot of nominies in this category...
Agreed. In the case of Beowulf, all they mostly did was enhance actors with CGI, then put them over prerendered backgrounds. Transformers actually had to make believable giant robots in a real setting.
Transformers movie gets three Oscars nominations
Transformers the movie has been nominated for three oscars.Best visual effects, best sound editing and sound mixing.
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Ahhhh ok. the thread that Dalek and I are thinking of appears to have been just a nomination for visual effects.
http://www.tfarchive.com/community/show ... hp?t=42205
http://www.tfarchive.com/community/show ... hp?t=42205
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Anyone object if it be merged with an update added to the thread title?
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Ackula wrote:Done
Awwww. I wanted to do it.
Actually, if the writters are still on strike and the actors won't cross the picket line the visual effects award could be bumped up to the big time...
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Yeah, my thread was apparently the shortlist of nominations. They've now actually announced the final contenders in each category.Ackula wrote:Ahhhh ok. the thread that Dalek and I are thinking of appears to have been just a nomination for visual effects.
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Hmmm.... The visual effects in Bourne weren't that spectacular. In fact, I'd say that the fact that they were low key made the film more gritty and real.
My knowledge on these things isn't great, but Cinematography and Visual Effects are two different things, right? Because if we're talking camera angles and use of cameras, then I take back my previous statement, because this was excellent in Bourne.
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My knowledge on these things isn't great, but Cinematography and Visual Effects are two different things, right? Because if we're talking camera angles and use of cameras, then I take back my previous statement, because this was excellent in Bourne.
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In very basic terms, cinematography is how a scene is lit.
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