Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
The production team behind the massive Renault Dungeons & Dragons spot (director Vellas, prodco Saigon, and VFX studio Nash) re-groups for another action-adventure – this time thru Gut for Latin America e-commerce giant Mercado Livre. [Watch]
In their first project since signing with Nexus, veteran directing collective Shynola team with London CG specialists Analog to conjure an invigorating all-3D mix of atmosphere, detail, and flat-out testosterone for Maserati and Pennzoil. [Watch]
The third in a triptych of virtual installations, “Exploitation” is an unblinking comment on corporate feature film production by Montréal designer and 3D generalist Eddy Loukil based on his own spirit-crushing experience in the industry. [Watch]
This powerful animated clip provides an unflinching first-person glimpse into what CNN Investigates found when they uncovered the fact law enforcement agencies across the US had destroyed hundreds of rape kits. [Watch]
Helen Mirren’s “Catherine the Great” four-part mini-series premiered this week on HBO with this opulent and somber title sequence by creative director Lisa Bolan and the Elastic crew setting the tone. [Watch]
Ingenuity Studios in Los Angeles teams with director Jordan Bahat to literally drop the VFX into this junkyard screaming match between English singer/songwriter Yungblud and Imagine Dragons lead vocalist Dan Reynolds called “Original Me”. [Watch]
Our friends at The Telly Awards have honored the planet’s best video work for over 40 years. This year they’re focused on people and teams telling the most innovative stories across the creative industries (including animation, VFX, and motion design). [Watch]
Working direct with Nike Brand Design, Rimantas Lukavicius and his Korb studio in Vilnius, Lithuania, construct a pristine robot fantasy around the company’s latest addition to the LeBron line of footwear. [Watch]
Lobo’s latest work for American yogurt maker Chobani is a warm and earthy 2D film leveraging the brand identity of hand-drawn illustrations to create “a peaceful journey that shows how giving is the first step towards collective well-being.” [Watch]
Creating desire through tactile elegance, this new spot by ManvsMachine positions a new line of products from venerable Danish consumer electronics brand Bang & Olufsen comfortably in its luxury niche. [Watch]
The act of spraying germs on your fellow humans becomes far more fun and artful than you thought possible in this film directed by Paulina Ziolkowska during her studies at The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School. [Watch]
Directors Chiunyi Ko, TuBo Lee and the MixCode crew in Taipei spin 3D, cel animation, and live-action into a manic world of color and form in this launch film for a new smart scooter from Taiwan manufacturer Gogoro. [Watch]
Ambre Collective, an art and motion design studio founded by director/designer Jonathan Plesel and AD/designer Thibault Zeller, just launched in Paris with the release of this sleek and striking 3D opus called “VIRAL”.
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Director Ernest Desumbila’s fearless and fractured mix of 2D, 3D, and live-action keeps the edges sharp in this theme film released by Riot Games for the League of Legends World Championships 2019 with animation and post by Sauvage.tv in Barcelona. [Watch]
