Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Co-directors Lia Bertels and Marion Castéra at French prodco Temple Caché create the perfect summer video for a perfect summer song called “You Got Me” by Gerald Toto, a composer, performer, and one-third of the band Toto Bono Lokua. [Watch]
Munich designer/artist/director Florian Renner blends his talents for graphic and 3D design into a striking promotional film for Analog Algorithm, a new design book by German illustrator and designer Christoph Grünberger. [Watch]
Passion Animation directors Mark Waring and Anna Mantzaris collaborate on a warm and fuzzy hand-crafted stop motion short for Honest Tea “encouraging people to look at the impact of the decisions we make every day.” [Watch]
Inspired by an exhibition of Danish chair design at Designmuseum Danmark in København, Brighton motion designer Marius Vaitkevicius committed the next nine months to further research and crafting these three films. [Watch]
Director Marvin Koppejan and a small crew at Woodwork in Amsterdam help mark the Fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a powerful all-CG labor-of-love recreating the event’s most iconic moments. [Watch]
In this collaboration with the global design team of BASF’s Coatings division, f°am Studio in Berlin interpret the global research of the group “and consolidate the complex social, technological, and aesthetic trends into formal narratives.” [Watch]
Combining forces for a prequel to the 2017 historical epic “The Unconquered,” Polish studios Tengent and Juice employ a dramatic game-cinematic aesthetic to recount a rousing chapter in their country’s evolution. [Watch]
VFX specialists Image Engine take time out from their slate of feature film and TV series work to craft this full-CG promo for a 100% plant-based shoe made by their fellow Vancouverites at Native Shoes. [Watch]
One of the most elegant and ambitious CG product films you’ll see this year, “Airbourne” is the centerpiece in an integrated campaign for Uber Air (the company’s proposed aerial ride-sharing service) from Bipolar Studio in Los Angeles. [Watch]
While working on sketches for an upcoming sculpture exhibition, London director and visual artist Fabrice Le Nézet imagined the metal constructions coming to life and decided to make a short CG film exploring the idea of “function without functionality.” [Watch]
Lenivko Kvadratjić (aka Lazy Square) built a cult following with his neo-dystopian animated shorts about Russian life but his latest, an art-film interpretation of The Simpsons’ opening, should find him a wider audience (and under increased surveillance). [Watch]
Drawing inspiration from his love of Japanese animation, manga, and the Isle of Dogs, London 3D designer and animator Jonathan Lindgren creates a fun and stylized seven-step guide to making sushi. [Watch]
The Yeti crew in Athens took a break from the flow of commercial projects to work out some whimsical summer-flavored motion ideas in a vibrant in-house film they call “Fruitless.” [Watch]
London 3D visual artist and animator Toby Auberg (aka Toberg) takes us deep into a mock nature documentary he describes as “an impossible microcosm generated out of simulated nature completely departed from reality.” [Watch]
