Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Follow Brooklyn artist/director Mac Premo on the snappy and twisted tour of how his project The Bunt Machine came to be, and how WeTransfer played a part the creative process. [Watch]
Partizan director Katy Wang brings brings a soft and tactile child-like charm to this video for “Ma Mama” by Toto Bono Lokua, a French band made up of singers from French Martinique, Cameroon, and the Republic of Congo. [Watch]
“The human race quit evolving when they stopped adapting to their environment and started adapting the environment to their own needs.” [Watch]
Glen Keane left Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2012 after a 38-year run creating some of the most recognized characters in pop culture including the Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Aladdin, the Beast, and Tarzan. [Watch]
After winning a global competition to create the music video for Elton John’s “Rocket Man,” Iranian refugee and artist Majid Adin directs a short film depicting the struggle of a Syrian family fleeing their home. [Watch]
HUSH London director Kirk Hendry and Stockholm VFX/animation studio Goodby Kansas mix keyframe animation and motion-capture to complete this ambitious spot for ITV’s “Dancing on Ice” in a tight eight weeks. [Watch]
Jumpsuits, Speedos, mullets, and interspecies love keep the fun factor high in this vibrant music video romp from Chicago’s Vitamin Pictures for “Happiness” by over-the-top UK rockers The Darkness. [Watch]
Directed by MPC Creative’s Marc Smith, Microsoft “Holiday Harmony” follows the interplanetary adventures of a young girl and her Yeti as they encounter a cast of characters in need of love and support. [Watch]
If ever a short film was destined to keep you indoors huddled next to friends and a fire, Fx Goby’s visceral animation festival hit “To Build a Fire” is it. [Watch]
Wonderfully enigmatic short film called “Basilisk” commissioned by Adult Swim’s late night anthology series “Off The Air for their “Paradise” episode – created by visual artists/filmmakers Hélène Jeudy and Antoine Caëcke, aka GERIKO. [Watch]
Roberto Biadi, a motion designer, animator, illustrator, and art director in Torino, Italy, just dropped this dense, fluid, and possibly NSFW animated nightmare called “H.” [Watch]
Anomaly London, the ad crew who took a brilliant poke at The 12 Days of Christmas in 2016, are back with a typo-inspired tale of hell and projectile vomiting narrated by Patrick Stewart. [Watch]
If you’re ready for a break from advertising’s peak holiday cuteness, this post-apocalyptic adrenalin-fest from director Rodrigo Valdes and Barcelona VFX house Furia Digital for Toyota should do it. [Watch]
The loose tangle of 2D and 3D elements in Luke Gibbs new music video for “The Reasons I Love You” by Mark Kozelek and Sean Yeaton provides a wonderful complement to the track’s quirky and intimate lyrics. [Watch]
