Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
… Kendrick Lamar & SZA “All The Stars” directed by Dave Meyers and The Little Homies with BUF, the pioneering Paris VFX house with credits on everything from “The Matrix” to “Blade Runner 2049,” handling the digital duties. [Watch]
Megan Palero, a motion designer/animator based in the Philippines, crafts a complex geometric world populated with surreal and gentle characters in this dreamy music video for “Caterpillar Motion” by Philadelphia rapper/producer Sudo Williams. [Watch]
A finalist at the 2018 Student Academy Awards, “EMUNAH” is an intense full-CG film about the dystopian results of creating a supreme artificial intelligence – directed and scored by Sang Hyoun Han (aka DOMCAKE) at SVA. [Watch]
To promote the 2018 Mural Festival in Vancouver, hometown studio Linetest pay tribute to the previous murals of the week-long summer event using “a brick as a focal point to tie together the many different mural styles.” [Watch]
NYC animation director Chris Carboni (who created the fabulous Cruisr “All Over” music video featured in Stash 109), just released this animated short film about a woman struggling with Transient Global Amnesia.
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A mysterious footballer evolves into an urban legend of terrifying skill in this epic/comic film via Black Label director Matthew Vaughn and The Mill’s VFX crew thru Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam for Nike’s PhantomVSN football boots. [Watch]
Royal College of Art grad Dan Castro channels his personal experiences with anxiety and stress into a beguiling animated short film using a combination of digital and traditional ink-on-film techniques. [Watch]
Passion Animation directors Salon Alpin help Greenpeace spotlight the destruction of Indonesian rainforest for the production of palm oil with an emotional 90-second film narrated by Emma Thompson. [Watch]
Picasso Pictures director Frankie Swan animates the complex hidden feelings of a young girl in this spot for Dove and Cartoon Network “helping young girls understand that being themselves feels better than trying to fit in.” [Watch]
Manhattan post/VFX house Blacksmith and Exile editor Robert Lopuski provide the snap, crackle, and pop in this electric film helmed by Marco Prestini at Anonymous Content for the Adidas fall and winter collection thru agency Johannes Leonardo. [Watch]
Sit back, breath deep, and drift away into the liquid world of this eight-minute visual odyssey created by French director/animator Thomas Charier for Düsseldorf piano/electronic duo Grandbrothers. [Watch]
As a semi-serious collector of children’s books, I have a soft spot for animated children’s book trailers. These three films all showcase the genre’s challenges of staying true to a volume’s particular charm as well as its illustration style. [Watch]
Berlin design studio Zeitguised teams with designer Toshiki Yagisawa and his label X-Magazine for the latest project in a series connecting digital and physical design. [Watch]
The vibrant and playful style of New York illustrator/animator Joel Plosz contrasts perfectly with the semi-dry content in this mini-doc for Vice News looking at the history and ramifications of privatizing space travel. [Watch]
