The 2020 VFX Oscar nominations, explained by a VFX artist. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab 1917, Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, The Lion King, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker are five very different movies nominated for the same award: the 2020 Oscar for Visual Effects. Each movie is a masterpiece of computer generated art, from the Avengers’ time travel suits to Star Wars’ chase scenes to the incredible de-aging effects in The Irishman. It’s easy to be awed by these effects — or to not even notice them. So we brought in Niko Pueringer, a visual effects artist from the production studio Corridor Digital, to help us break down the visual magic behind each film. Check out Niko and Corridor’s YouTube channel for more visual effects breakdowns: null Like this one, where they re-made visual effects in The Mummy Returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH1V6CHO1Jk Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com/. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H