Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Working independent of each other, six creative directors from various MPC offices around the globe tackle the main title sequence of Offset in Dublin, ambitious typography ensues. [Watch]
Alessandro Novelli, director and founder at Barcelona studio Newgold, crafts a dark but hopeful sci-fi story called “Planet J” for Amnesty International thru ContrapuntoBBDO. [Watch]
Exactly four years ago Stash published “Turn Down For What,” the music video for DJ Snake & Lil Jon by Prettybird directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In that post I was not shy in my praise for the work, calling it a “surgically choreographed jaw-dropper of frenzied testosterone… 3.5 minutes-o-genius.” [Watch]
The rising Stockholm VFX/animation force known as Goodbye Kansas push popular role playing board game Mutant Year Zero into the video game market with stellar CG work and a pinch of comedy in the cinematic launch trailer. [Watch]
Director/designer Reuben McNaughton and the Passion Pictures animation team launch a gentle three-minute film called “Together Again” for Dementia UK highlighting the one-to-one support provided by its Admiral Nurses. [Watch]
What do two hours of motion brilliance look like hyper-compressed into just two minutes? Correct, exactly like this trailer for Stash 128. [Watch]
Watermark, a creative collective with studios in Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, and Wellington create a thoughtful and engaging film as the centerpiece in a new brand awareness campaign for the New Zealand REACH program. [Watch]
Co-directors Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque at Coat of Arms help the SXSW Film Festival celebrate 25 years with “a special title sequence to celebrate the occasion.” [Watch]
Chobani celebrated their 10th year in business with this interactive installation created by Brooklyn creative innovators HUSH inside New York’s Grand Central Station. [Watch]
In today’s gig economy, workers’ rights feel like a thing of the past. But 200 years ago in Britain, conditions were so extreme that death at work was commonplace. This sparked the world’s first trade unions. [Watch]
In May 2016 3D artist Zaoeyo (Xiaolin Zeng) burst onto the Stash radar with his hypnotic spec title sequence called “Organic Machines.” Then in 2017 he broke worldwide with his staggeringly ambitious opening for Pause fest. [Watch]
London design/animation/VFX house Blue Spill take a fun approach to the serious subject of Adderall abuse in America for Alison Klayman’s Netflix original doc “Take Your Pills.” [Watch]
The meticulous illustration work of artist Ugo Gattoni comes to life via the animation talents of French creative collective (and fellow Parisians) CRCR in this brand film for Hennessy’s limited edition Master Blender’s Selection N°2. [Watch]
Oakland designer/animator Khylin Woodrow: “Mirror mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? It’s this guy. Here’s what life feels like when you love taking selfies.” [Watch]
