Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Real stories of sexual harassment combined with the black humor of rampaging penises makes for a stand-out spot promoting HandsAway, a mobile app designed “to fight against the sexual aggressions undergone by women daily.” [Watch]
Director Karin Fong and the Imaginary Forces crew explore an “intricate world of parallel dimensions, doppelgängers, secrets and suspense” in the austere and ominous opening titles for STARZ’ critically acclaimed new series “Counterpart.” [Watch]
Stash 127 has landed and that means 31 more brilliant projects (plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews) just made their way into the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
Buenos Aires VFX house Laposta are the team behind this frisky four-legged boombox designed to make you fall in love with adoptable pets via their custom Spotify playlists. [Watch]
Shifting textures and elegant details replace chroma and narrative in this intriguing and thoughtful opening title sequence for the Pause Fest 2018 conference animated by New York art director/designer Toros Kose. [Watch]
When you imagine your dream motion project, I’ll bet it doesn’t begin with a dry three-minute script filled with jargon about the future of European air transportation policy. [Watch]
Veteran and venerable Nexus directors Smith & Foulkes are back with a sweeping 2D stunner to promo the BBC’s coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics thru Y&R London. [Watch]
Prettybird directing duo Brewer (aka brothers Ben and Alex) also handle the edit and VFX duties on this electric and eclectic fusion of live projection, ghostly 3D and fleeting snatches of 2D roto for “Sick Boy” by the Chainsmokers. [Watch]
Sao Paulo designer/director Daniel Bruson, whose 2015 film for NSPCC called “Pete’s Story” still breaks my heart with every viewing, takes a sweeter turn here animating the flow of a Preschool Poet. [Watch]
Merrily slashing and burning its way thru all the tropes of the fantasy adventure genre in two minutes, “Kort maar Krachtig” (Short but Sweet) is a smart and snappy satirical romp of the highest order. [Watch]
Rodeo FX delivered over 100 visual effects shots in less than a month of production for Dave Meyer’s dystopian vision of Justin Timberlake’s “Supplies,” the first video off the forthcoming Man Of The Woods album. [Watch]
Not sure how we missed this fabulous graphic novel-flavored broadcast promo by Shotopop for season 10 of Spike’s Ink Master back in the fall, but we’re making up for it now. [Watch]
Intriguing and dynamic launch film for Mercedes’ update of their classic G-Class luxury SUV combining live action and macro CG work by director/ECD Ole Peters and the Sehsucht crew in Hamburg thru Berlin agency antoni. [Watch]
Rattling Stick director Daniel Kleinman leverages Framestore’s formidable creature experience to create a fine balance “between the recognizable ceramic piggy banks of childhood and a photorealistic animal.” [Watch]
