Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
South Korea studio GIANTSTEP handled the post and VFX duties on this striking chunk of eye candy for Samsung’s QLED TVs directed by Yoo Daeyeol at Seoul prodco massmessage thru Cheil Worldwide. [Watch]
The first true epic of the 2018 holiday ad season just landed – a three-minute whirlwind of CG characters and miniature sets wrapped in a lesson for creative types – courtesy of TBWA\Media Arts Lab and the Buck crew. [Watch]
Paris directing duo Burcu Sanku and Geoffrey Godet conjure a sublime mix of winter and whimsy in their second Alhambra Collection spot for French luxury brand Van Cleef & Arpels. [Watch]
Director Marcin Karolewski and a massive crew at Polish studio Juice mark the 100th anniversary of their homeland’s independence with a grand and metaphorical look at its tumultuous history. [Watch]
Five student directors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, and Croatia craft a sweet and emotional tale of a young boy dealing with the loss of his grandfather in the thesis film for their Masters program at French animation school Gobelins. [Watch]
In the follow-up to their extraordinary 2016 “Wide Open” music video for The Chemical Brothers, Outsider directors Dom&Nic and The Mill VFX crew revisit the AI/robot theme but elevate the numbers and energy. [Watch]
From Foreign Fauna in Minneapolis: “When we started Foreign Fauna, our dream was to be able to use our love of animation to tell stories that matter, stories with empathy. [Watch]
The worlds created by Suspenders director Kohei Yoshino take us to extraordinary places and this new station ID titled “Schoolyard” for Japanese music television channel Space Shower TV is no exception. [Watch]
Standout new brand film from Mighty Nice directors Darren Price and Simon Robson to launch the reMarkable tablet, a device that offers a paper-like experience for reading, writing and sketching. [Watch]
Motion designer and 3D artist Jonathan Lindgren in London: “In the last days of 2017, I was invited to collaborate with Sennep in London on their new iOS game Alphaputt. The idea was to create a crazy golf game mixed with typography. [Watch]
Set for release on Dec 13, 2018, Nomada Studio’s Gris, based on designs by Barcelona artist/illustrator Conrad Roset is one of the most visually intriguing 2D video games of the past five years. [Watch]
Virtual companionship comes at a high price in this intense and prescient glimpse into a future where pharmacologically induced friends are the norm – created by five recent animation graduates at GOBELINS in Paris. [Watch]
A mischievous Rubik’s Cube with an urgent need to be solved brightens the day of a young woman in “Scrambled,” a CG short written and directed by Bastiaan Schravendeel at Dutch 3D character animation studio Polder.
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Buenos Aires design boutique molistudio bring all their 3D (and sound design) talents to bear on this mesmerizing in-house art film full of intricate and whimsical sculptures they call “Useful Machines.” [Watch]
