In the least surprising guild news this season, Gravity dominated the Visual Effects Society Awards last night, winning six. Visual Effects, as you can imagine, is the category with the least amount of suspense on Oscar night:
- Outstanding Visual Effects: Gravity
- Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects: The Lone Ranger
- Outstanding Animation: Frozen
- Outstanding Animated Character: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - "Smaug"
- Outstanding Created Environment (Live Action): Gravity - "Exterior"
- Outstanding Created Environment (Animated): Frozen - "Elsa's Ice Palace"
- Outstanding Virtual Cinematography: Gravity
- Outstanding Models: Gravity - "ISS Exterior"
- Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation (Live Action): Gravity - "Parachute and ISS Destruction"
- Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation (Animated): Frozen - "Elsa's Blizzard"
- Outstanding Compositing: Gravity