Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Brooklyn artist and filmmaker Jordan Bruner adds an element of guileless visual delight to poet Aracelis Girmay’s touching tale of a card she received with from a third-grade student and her attempts to a decipher its cryptic message. [Watch]
Commissioned by Spotify, this music video for “A Pearl” by Mitski (aka singer-songwriter Mitski Miyawaki), combines 3D and 2D animation into a gripping single-shot dream directed by Saad Moosajee and Art Camp with cel animation by Danae Gosset. [Watch]
Stripped-down character design and beat-perfect comic timing courtesy of Blinkink directors Alex Grigg and Joe Pelling punch this trio of animated spots out of the media maelstrom for UK green-energy supplier Bulb. [Watch]
Expanding on the brief for a road trip video, Joyrider director/DOP/VFX artist Reuben Sutherland steers the film into a manic Kodachrome collage with footage sourced at locations across Nevada including the band’s hometown of Las Vegas. [Watch]
Brooklyn experiential specialists Red Paper Heart created Buttchain (an art installation that reacts to the seated behinds of gallery goers) to demystify blockchain tech and how it will eventually infiltrate your everyday life. [Watch]
After developing a technique to render 3D animation in a 2D style, Jungler director Valère Amirault reached out to illustrator and former Supinfocom classmate Lili des Bellons to collaborate on this short film called “Alma.” [Watch]
The Looney Tunes and Atlanta’s own Ludacris share the limelight in Noam Murro’s Mercedes-Benz “Say The Word” Super Bowl spot with NYC’s Blacksmith handling the VFX and the animation team at ATK PLN bringing the Coyote and Roadrunner to life in 3D. [Watch]
The logo for the UK Music Video Awards gets a thorough deconstructive workout in these five IDs (a mix of CG and live action) directed by Ivo Sousa and Stip at Mill+ in London in collaboration with Studio Thomson.
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This elegant and relaxing projection was part of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Japanese studio nendo and featuring 157 works by Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher. [Watch]
Stuttgart studio Büro Achter April crafts a series of artful CG brand films for the 2019 Special Edition line of pens from venerable German writing instrument maker Lamy. [Watch]
Powered by heartbreaking narration from four sexual violence survivors, these emotional films were created by a coalition of creative and production talent including Deutsch, Steelhead, Hornet, Elastic, duotone, and We Are Royale. [Watch]
Manila design studio The Acid House take a break from their commercial work to explore creative connections in this striking Motion Response for Pause Fest 2019 on the theme “The Future is Intimate.” [Watch]
London/Bristol VFX studio nineteentwenty creates a veggie-pocalypse for an ITV and Veg Power charity initiative urging UK kids to eat more plants – directed by Pulse Films’ Ninian Doff thru agency adam&eveddb. [Watch]
Inspired by Murray Lachlan Young’s poem about a young boy with formidable flatulence, London director/animator Ben Collier-Marsh brings the story to life in this smile-filled animated short. [Watch]
