Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Directors Kylie Matulick, Trevor Conrad, Todd Mueller, and the Psyop crew re-team with Copenhagen studio Sun Creature for a fluid and feel-good ode to inclusion and togetherness for Coke. [Watch]
The stream of outstanding motion projects associated with Australian creative/business conference Pause Fest continues with this ominous and thoughtful 3D piece by Loop in Moscow. [Watch]
The eccentric geometric style of New York illustrator/animator Joel Plosz elevates a story by John Scalzi into a mini-classic short film and the latest addition to The Verge’s ongoing Better Worlds science fiction project. [Watch]
Santi Zoraidez, an art director and designer from Buenos Aires now based in Berlin, brings a crisp and whimsical touch to this brand video for a retail shelving system called Qubo from Vitra’s shopfitting partner brand Visplay. [Watch]
Banish the mid-winter blahs with a shot of pure inspiration: Stash 133 delivers another 31 outstanding design, animation, and VFX projects plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews. [Watch]
Directors Vincent Schwenk and Vitaly Grossmann team with Moscow studio Superdesigners to create a striking abstract 3D brand film for German design and engineering company imat-uve. [Watch]
Berlin design and music studio COLORS AND THE KIDS’ recent research project called “Shroooms” explores the power of artificial growth algorithms to create a beguiling world of alien 3D.
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Office co-working company Fora announce the opening of their Soho and Spitalfields locations in London with style, wit, and snack-sized bits of history in this brand video by Nice Shit Studio in Barcelona. [Watch]
Twenty ThirdC: “We had the immense pleasure of collaborating with BBC creative in building one of the many BBC2 idents as part of the channel’s first re-brand in 20 years. [Watch]
Canceled projects are always tough news for a creative team especially when the results were as carefully crafted and beautifully detailed as this one directed by Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque at Coat of Arms. [Watch]
German 3D specialist Klaus Alman takes time out from his studio’s commercial work for a personal and visually poetic exploration of “the wastefulness advertising, modern production, and distribution of goods comprises.” [Watch]
Creative directors Aaron Becker and Simon Clowes at Los Angeles prodco Filmograph crafted this richly detailed sequence of sculptural tableaux to close director James Wan’s first venture into the DC Universe. [Watch]
Upbeat explainers for serious causes always run the risk of trivializing their message but when tone and content are carefully balanced they make you want to stand up and cheer for even the driest and most complex of subjects.
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To mark the 60th anniversary of Latvian pro basketball team VEF Rīga, Pagan Ogilvy CD/copywriter Edgars Stanga avoids the tired mash-up of game footage and opts instead for a meditative and sly look at the game’s relationship with time. [Watch]
