'Inception,' 'Boardwalk Empire' highlight VES nominations

Inception, which featured an amazing zero-gravity brawl and a Paris that folds in on itself, earned four nominations at the 9th annual Visual Effects Society Awards. HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, which transforms modern-day Brooklyn into 1929 Atlantic City, led all shows and movies with five nominations.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture
Inception
Iron Man 2
TRON: Legacy
Alice In Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1


Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Green Zone
Salt
Hereafter
Black Swan
Robin Hood

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Tangled
How to Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3
Shrek Forever After
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Last Day of the Dinosaurs
Inside The Perfect Predator
The Pacific
Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa
America – Story of US

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series
Caprica
No Ordinary Family
V
The Event
Stargate: Universe

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
The Walking Dead
Human Target
Undercovers
Boardwalk Empire
Lost

Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short
Looney Tunes – Coyote Falls
Day & Night
Paths of Hate
Tick Tock Tale
Cat Sh– One – The Animated Series

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Live Action Commercial
Wrigley’s 5 Gum — React
DirecTV “Ice Cream”
Barclaycard Rollercoaster
Halo: Reach
Verizon — Towers

Outstanding Animated Commercial
World of Warcraft
Dante’s Inferno: Hell Awaits
Target “A Better Bullseye”
Andrex
Cadbury’s Spots V Stripes

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
City of Ruins
King Kong 360 3D
Flight of the Dragon
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

Outstanding Real-Time Visual Effects in a Video Game
StarCraft II
Need for Speed
Halo: Reach
Kinectimals

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer
World of Warcraft
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars: The Old Republic 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader — Reepicheep
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — Dobby
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore — Kitty Galore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — Kreacher

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – Digger
How to Train Your Dragon — Toothless
Tangled — Rapunzel
Megamind — Minion

Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Citron C3 The Spacebox — Citro
Cadbury — Freida Steer
Prep amd Landing: Operation Secret Santa – Lanny
Logitech — Robot

Outstanding Animated Character in a Video Game
Halo: Reach — Kat
Kinectimals — Cub
StarCraft II — Sarah Kerrigan

Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Shrek Forever After
How to Train Your Dragon
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Toy Story 3

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Iron Man 2 — Stark Expo
TRON: Legacy — Disc Game
Inception — Paris Dreamscape
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Sand Room

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program
Boardwalk Empire — Boardwalk
The Event – To Keep Us Safe
The Pacific — The Battle of Iwo Jima
Boardwalk Empire – Family Limitation

Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
Shutter Island — Ward-C Int./Ext. Lighthouse Int./Ext.
Iron Man 2 – Hammer Military Drones
The Expendables — The Palace Explodes
Inception — Hospital Fortress Destruction

Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Family Guy — Brian Griffin’s House of Payne
Boardwalk Empire – The Ivory Tower

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
TRON: Legacy
Alice In Wonderland — Stolen Tarts
Inception
Hereafter — Tsunami Sequence

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Drench Cubehead
Boardwalk Empire – Episode 1
Travelers “Watering Hole”
The Pacific – Peleliu landing

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
LOOM
Time For Change
Das Tub
Nuisible(s)