Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s 1956 sci-fi short story “The Last Question”, director Moises Arancibia and the motion team at Smog in Santiago, Chile, transform a cancelled client project into a thoughtful ode to creative evolution. [Watch]
Working with brand consultancy TM Studio, the team at CG house Found build an artful campaign for the 10th anniversary of London Craft Week with an edition of 1,000 artworks based on digital permutations of a classical vase. [Watch]
Three directors from Collectif 99° (who joined the Eddy animation roster in 2023) conjure a painterly and dream-like fable about conquering guilt and depression for the London art punk band HMLTD. [Watch]
The Motion Plus Design conference lands in Tokyo Saturday, June 15 for a full day of creative presentations and networking at the Line Cube Shibuya venue with a live stream of the talks also available. [Watch]
Illustrator and comic artist Arthur Sevestre steps into the directing chair for Paris animation prodco Remembers in this bouncy and intricate animated charmer for French pop band L’Impératrice starring a rebel senior citizen named Marilù. [Watch]
Director Martijn Hogenkamp and the animation team at PlusOne® in Amsterdam let it all out in this (literally) visceral in-house short film called Screeaam capturing the emotions brought on by personal isolation. [Watch]
High-drama character action here from the teams at Psyop and Le Cube designed to drive anticipation for the May 18th boxing spectacular that saw Oleksandr Usyk edge Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. [Watch]
German 3D artist and motion designer Jona Pahl makes his Stash debut with this intriguing spec CG title sequence and process reel for a sci-fi series called The Ark, exploring the complex bonds between animals and humans. [Watch]
Following up on the delightfully surreal 2022 CG short Launderette, the team at Bureau Klaus Alman just released Conductor, a client project rescued from cancellation and now the second in their series of Anomaly films. [Watch]
Augmenting a full branding project by AD/designer Paolo Vendramini for mental health non-profit Coffee Foundation, Milan illustration/animation house Ianus Studio crafts a relaxed and upbeat manifesto film. [Watch]
The July 2024 Motion North event in Manchester will feature live presentations from star motion design studios Art&Graft and NotReal. [Watch]
In their latest in-house motion experiment, the team at Media.Work explore abstract and tactile representations of collaboration, both as connective social tissue and to “visualize flows of ideas between curious minds.” [Watch]
In direct contrast to the sly comedy of his recent title work for the Roast of Tom Brady, Imaginary Forces CD Ronnie Koff leads viewers thru an austere brutalist labyrinth in the opening for Dark Matter on Apple TV+. [Watch]
Director/ECD William Bartlett leads the Framestore production and VFX teams in this merger of 2D, 3D, and AI designed to raise awareness and support for the Refugee Olympic Team as they prep for the Paris games this summer. [Watch]
