Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Vasil Hnatiuk, an American designer/director based in Vietnam, explores his fascination with the potential of synthetic biology in this ambitious scifi-flavored personal project. [Watch]
UK director Oscar Hudson’s quest for completely fresh ways to capture your attention continues with this left field music video called “Holy Ghost” for Scottish trio Young Fathers – shot with an ultra long range military grade thermal surveillance camera. [Watch]
Los Angeles animator Steve Smith extends the vibrant and surreal 3D style he’s used in broadcast work for Adult Swim and MTV into a full three and a half minutes of engaging whimsy for the single “Misheard” by LA trio Moaning. [Watch]
A novel and charming stop-motion project designed to raise awareness of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean – created by Studio Flox in Stuttgart, Germany for Humany Tee Clothing and NGO Jugend Rettet e.V. [Watch]
Following his excellent dissection of the relationship between existentialists Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, director/animator Andrew Khosravani takes on the fraught dynamics of psychoanalytic pioneers Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. [Watch]
Somesuch director Kim Gehrig fuses the talents of French choreographer Olivier Casamayou, Trim editor Fouad Gaber, and a compact Framestore VFX crew into a riveting music promo for R&B legend Chaka Khan guaranteed to jump-start your mood. [Watch]
Inspired by their crushing daily commutes thru Los Angeles (and Elon Musk’s proposed underground Loop), CDs Brett Morris and Stephen Panicara at Ranger & Fox conjure an in-house ode to the city and its tenacious traffic. [Watch]
The Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) set the tone for the premier of their “Yellowstone” series on June 20 with these atmospheric and angst-filled titles by CD Lisa Bolan and the Elastic crew. [Watch]
Should America experience a pandemic, President Trump’s tendencies toward nationalism may fuel the fire, argues The Atlantic writer Ed Yong. [Watch]
If you’re up for a few minutes of pure ambient abstraction then we suggest a peek at the latest work from UK director/animator Ruffmercy, a hand-rendered and constantly evolving painting for HAND, aka Berlin musician Sascha Bachmann. [Watch]
Here’s a little levity for the first Friday of your summer animated by Monster Truck Ninja and fueled by Neal Hefti’s “Batman Theme” from the original 1966 TV series. [Watch]
In 2017 director Scott Geersen leapt onto the Stash radar with his remarkable CG titles for TEDx Sydney. His follow up work for this year’s conference guides us through the TEDx Museum “where our present and potential future collide with the past.” [Watch]
Moth Studio: “Island Records and Sigrid approached us with the idea of creating a music video that dealt with heartache in an unconventional way.” [Watch]
“Emotional” and “heartwarming” are not words often associated with music videos for hip hop artists but Bo Mathorne’s new film for “Marciano’s Reign” by Philadelphia’s Jedi Mind Tricks proves a welcome exception. [Watch]
