Creating something out of nothing and creating a real space out of props. These two categories are closely related in as much as they achieve the same goal but just go about it very differently. Myself, I’m more inclined to like practical effects over that of CGI, but when CGI is used creatively and sparsely, it can create just as much movie magic as the props department.

Best Visual Effects

5. The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy

4. All Quiet on the Western Front – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar

3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick

2. Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

1. Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

Best Production Design

5. Avatar: The Way of Water – Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole

4. The Fabelmans – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

3. All Quiet on the Western Front – Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper

2. Elvis – Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn

1. Babylon – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino