Typing Master

From the most subtle of lighting effects depicting a setting sun in a WWII period drama to in-your-face havoc of transforming alien mutant machines slugging the metal out of each other, the boundaries of visual effects are ever-expanding. Each year when the magic of movies is celebrated during the Oscar awards, the magicians that conjure these other-worldly effects are celebrated for expanding our imaginations and keeping us ever in awe. At the 2015 Oscar ceremony, there was no dearth of visual splendor in the movies that were nominated for the best visual effects. Here, some of the spectacular effects we saw on screen this year, and the techniques, tools and people that made them happen.