Reel of the Month Club (Jan 2025): Virak Path
January 15, 2025
Join us Feb 5th at Motion North, the Manchester-based group of motion designers, animators, filmmakers, and VFX artists, as they celebrate their 50th gathering, the Big ‘Un, at the iconic New Century Hall. [Watch]
Abra.network, the Warsaw motion studio who brought us these standout People Can Fly films, wraps the recent SanDisk rebrand from ELA Advertising and Daisy Chain Studio into a riveting sequence of graphic deconstructions. [Watch]
The fourth installment in our series of Motion>Profiles visits Hornet in New York for a peek at their sweet new offices and learn a few of the secrets that propelled them into the top tier of the planet’s creative studios. [Watch]
Emanuele Marani, an Emmy-nominated AD/designer who counts Buck, Elastic, and ManvsMachine as clients, drops a delightful film for his own real-world Vase.01 project – a mischievous 3D-printed nod to Mr. Potato Head. [Watch]
Brooklyn-based CG motion maven Wes Cockx kickstarts Stash fans into the new year with this series of peaceful and playful visual experiments showcasing Microsoft’s Viva integrated employee experience platform. [Watch]
The suspension of disbelief (also known as poetic faith) provides a welcome escape for today’s stressed audiences and these VFX-heavy motion projects deliver that relief in ambitious quantities. [Watch]
It’s an encouraging sign for any creative industry when commissioned client work is expected to include serious artistic exploration. These films, from brands both mammoth and tiny, are perfect examples of this auspicious trend. [Watch]
Motion projects generated by the gaming universe in 2024 continued to provide fertile ground for both creative and technical innovation with these seven films providing ambitious and dynamic examples. [Watch]
Whether created to bolster a reel with new capabilities or simply as an escape from client-imposed restrictions, personal projects and spec work provide a vital outlet for pent-up motion talent. [Watch]
If pure whimsy and incredible innocence are on your wish list this holiday season, look no further than this effervescent treat from CDs Yannis Zoumakis and Manos Gerogiannis at Greek animation studio Odd Bleat. [Watch]
The broad range of styles and production techniques seen in these seven films speaks to just how energized and extraordinary 2024 was for character design and animation across the motion industry. [Watch]
The continuing democratization of powerful CG tools has fueled an exciting era in motion design where passionate and relentless experimentation can lead directly to emotional impact as well as breathtaking visuals. [Watch]
Using an heartwarming mix of felt puppetry and CG animation, director Stephane Berla and Paris prodco Eddy fight loneliness in the Belgian city of Bruges this holiday season on behalf of charity De Warmste Week and broadcaster VRT. [Watch]
In 2024 the task of packaging big-budget programming remained both a high pressure assignment and a canvas for motion design innovation. These seven sequences all rose to the occasion while nudging the genre forward. [Watch]
