Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Earlier this year, hundreds of digital billboards in Stockholm’s Metro were transformed into the Emotional Art Gallery, a real-time exhibition driven by the sentiment analysis of commuters’ social media. [Watch]
In 2017, Canadian animator/illustrator Yves Paradis asked himself “What if you made an improvised animated film one week at a time for one year starting only with a character pushing a big cube in the desert?” [Watch]
Blinkink director Nicos Livesey trekked the planet to film soccer icons including Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, and Vivenna Miedema, then created all of the striking animation for this Adidas campaign using stop-motion. [Watch]
London animator/sound designer Serafima Serafimova admits, “I’ve always had issues with the way I look. So, every time I pass even a vaguely reflective surface, I find myself sucking in my neck and tummy, tilting my head to a more flattering angle. [Watch]
The Indian tech hub of Hyderabad promos their city-wide festival of design with an upbeat and kinetic clip produced by Post Office Studios and showcasing a multitude of motion styles and techniques. [Watch]
South Korean animator/illustrator Seoro Oh burst onto the Stash radar in 2017 with his short film “Afternoon Class.” Later that year he promised more hilarity in the trailer for “(OO).” And now, happily, that promise is fulfilled. [Watch]
Los Angeles post house Scissor Films provides plenty of surreal VFX enhancement for Jonah Hill’s post-party-apocalypse treatment of “Wake Up,” the latest single from Travis Scott’s third album Astroworld. [Watch]
If you’ve ever wondered how ordinary Japanese citizens deal with the constant barrage of Tokusatsu monsters battling it out in their cities, Six Gobelins students finally reveal the answer in “Tokyo Apocalypse”. [Watch]
In his titles for the new Netflix doc “The Great Hack,” director/designer Ash Thorp asks “How do you show data being bought, sold, and weaponized in an artful and meaningful way? [Watch]
Working with a tiny budget and super-tight two-week deadline, Swiss studio YK Animation grabbed some friends and dove face-first into this short film commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. [Watch]
Cool up your summer with a two-minute peek at the stellar motion design, animation, and VFX included in STASH 136 – the latest (and possibly coolest) issue of the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
Back in 2010 (in Stash 73), we proudly featured Charles De Meyer’s groundbreaking video for Amon Tobin’s “Esther’s” track. Happily, the pair recently re-teamed for another atmospheric VFX opus called “Vipers Follow You.” [Watch]
London designer/director James Brocklebank complements the fine bespoke craftsmanship of UK furniture designers and makers Koop with two films featuring his own talents for immaculate and tasteful CG animation. [Watch]
Originally intended as a live-action project, Found Studio in London suggested the ambitious scale of this film for Scottish whiskey maker Ballantine’s would be better served with a full-CG treatment. [Watch]
