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Incredible Video Highlights Every Visual Effects Oscar Winner Ever
This year’s nominees include Doctor Strange and Rogue One.
I’ll never forget the scene in Jurassic Park where we get our first glimpse of the incredibly-realized dinosaurs. It’s one of the most jaw-dropping and awe-inspiring moments in film history, and the film overall took movie magic to a whole new level. It’s the sort of movie, a groundbreaking pioneer in the world of visual effects, that the Oscars have been honoring every year since 1938.
Well actually, the Academy began celebrating visual effects 10 years prior, in 1928, but back then the category was defined as “Best Engineering Effects.” The award has evolved over the years, but the goal has always remained the same: highlight the movie released each year that had the most stunning visual effects. In the past, films like Aliens, Total Recall, and Ex Machina have dominated the category; and this must-watch new video highlights all the big winners.
Said its creator, Burger Fiction:
For the 1927/28 Academy awards, the award was for engineering effects. There was no award again until 1938 where it was called a special award “for outstanding achievement in creating special photographic and sound effects.” The very next year the award was combined with sound effects and called the Award for Special Effects. It wasn’t until 1963 that the award became the Award for Best Visual Effects (which it is still called today). It was given every year from 1963 to present, with the exception of 1973.
This year’s Oscar nominees have been announced! So time to update our VFX award video from last year. We have added the winner from last year, this year’s nominees, and a whole bunch of great updates throughout the video entirely. Enjoy!
Just how much have visual effects evolved over the years? This video does a pretty damn good job of showcasing that evolution, using the most state-of-the-art films to do so. Enjoy.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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