Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Director/animator Di Lu (who now works at Pixar) reveals the perils of character design critiques in her thesis film “Super Generic” completed during her time in the Computer Animation program at the Ringling College of Art and Design. [Watch]
The Gondry brothers’ lockdown project, a music video for UK rock band IDLES, finds Michel animating paper cutouts in his Los Angeles studio on his iPhone then sending the frames to Olivier in Paris for CG enhancement and post. [Watch]
London’s Builder’s Club launches the latest addition to Nike’s ISPA collection by applying the same playful design philosophy behind the products (Improvise, Scavenge, Protect, Adapt) to this untethered 80-second film. [Watch]
With the help of French animation force Supamonks, veteran Psyop directors Kylie Matulick and Todd Mueller illustrate the timeless quandary faced by all creatives when it comes to managing their ideas. [Watch]
Paris animation/VFX studio Machine Molle and Division director Arnaud Bresson create a riveting (and convincing) X-ray vision peek into the life and times of Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies. [Watch]
Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s 1987 novel Norwegian Wood and her own experience with mental illness, “Isle of Chair” represents the culmination of a four-year passion project for London-based animation director and illustrator Ivyy Chen. [Watch]
The Golden Wolf animation crew helps British comedian/actor/writer/director Asim Chaudhry make a powerful statement about racism in the UK with this music video for “Brown Skin (Drown Him)”. [Watch]
Director Oliver Davies and The Mill crew explore the idea that a soccer shirt is made of far more than fabric in this dynamic CG promo introducing the new Manchester United home jerseys for the 2020/21 season. [Watch]
Bruce the giraffe rocks out to Whitesnake in this over the top and impossible-to-ignore spot for Australian commercial radio network Triple M created by Melbourne animation/CG/VFX studio Cadre Pictures through local agency Thinkerbell. [Watch]
Even if your only experience with Swiss electronic duo Yello derives from John Hughes’ 1986 hit film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you’re going to appreciate their latest excursion into eccentricity courtesy of director/animator Dirk Koy. [Watch]
Elastic creative director Jeff Han is on a roll. Following breakout title work earlier this year for the Amazon series “Hunters” and CNN’s “John Lewis: Good Trouble” doc, Han opens “The Swamp” on HBO with this eerie CG sequence. [Watch]
In their newest video for New York duo Lewis Del Mar, Smuggler directors rubberband (aka Jason Sondock and Simon Davis) team with animator James Siewert for a tactile and distressed stop-motion media explosion. [Watch]
As in most creative endeavors, not all the brilliant bits of the design process make it to the final cut. And that is why you’ll want to gander at this process reel from FutureDeluxe showcasing the R&D behind their new Optus IDs. [Watch]
The all-London team of Builders Club and post house Okay Studio rework the animation/edit pipeline to pull off this ambitious lockdown mix of CG and hand animation for Adidas Originals ZX thru Hong Kong agency Hypebeast. [Watch]
