Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Clim Studio in Barcelona ventured forth to Milano Design Week this year to craft a digital exhibition on behalf of Samsung and agency Cheil International designed to give audiences “contemplative, meaningful, dream-like experiences”. [Watch]
The Stash Permanent Collection, aka the planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to motion design, animation, and VFX, just added another massive chapter of inspiration and behind-the-scenes features with issue 165. [Watch]
Photoplay director/animator Dropbear (aka Jonathan Chong) helps Greenpeace draw attention to the consequences of rampant deforestation in Australia and its tragic effects on the koala with this stop-motion film. [Watch]
Working with LA animation studio Titmouse, Liquid Death CD (and creator of Adult Swim series Mr. Pickles and Momma Named Me Sheriff) Will Carsola drops a haywire faux trailer starring the brand’s mascot Murder Man. [Watch]
For the limited edition re-release of Diorissimo, a luxury fragrance introduced by Christian Dior in 1956, Zone Studio in Paris team with CG specialists Ilya Lindberg and Oleg Zvyagintzev to craft an intimate and tactile launch film. [Watch]
Take a peek at the making of Group Session, the bonkers, nine-minute puppet extravaganza by Dutch creative houses Studio Mals and Setreset that made it’s premiere as the opening film at OFFF Barcelona 2024. [Watch]
In the first of a series of 10 films for the Alabama non-profit Equal Justice Initiative, CD Chris Carboni and his team at Reunion merge AI into documentary filmmaking to illuminate a heart-wrenching narrative of racial injustice. [Watch]
The recent (and hard hitting) Netflix roast of seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady opened with this smirky mix of classic awards show glitz and understated comedy via CD Ronnie Koff and the motion team at Imaginary Forces. [Watch]
In recognition of Earth Day, the crew at Trizz in Barcelona orchestrate an atmospheric, introspective, and full-CG look at a transforming world underscored by Charlie Chaplin’s powerful final speech from his 1940 classic The Great Dictator. [Watch]
Celebrating its debut in Amsterdam, the Forward Festival (also in Berlin, Hamburg, and Vienna) is set to captivate audiences with a diverse lineup of more than 30+ Speakers from creative fields such as AI, digital art, graphic design, typography, photography and much more. [Watch]
In their latest work for Middle East events brand Ethara, ECD Marvin Koppejan and the motion crew at Woodwork Amsterdam launches an impossible-to-ignore animated campaign film for the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [Watch]
Curating a varied collective of animation talent, CD Ralph Karam and the team at Final Frontier interpret facets of the creative process in this multi-technique manifesto film for the 2024 edition of the venerable CLIO Awards. [Watch]
3D design specialists Studio Sentempo in Modena, Italy, make their Stash debut with this soft and minimalist film for Italian artisanal textile brand La Fabbrica del Lino outlining the process of crafting fine linen. [Watch]
Not to Scale directing collective Savants (aka Rocco Pezzella, Marco Galmacci, and Francesco Castellani) helped the 1.4 Awards celebrate short form directors at the Barbican London on May 1st with this cheeky (and puffy) open. [Watch]
