Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
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]
Predator becomes provider in the latest CG treat from Blue Zoo’s in-house animated short program, a two-minute celebration of hair balls, knitting, and unexpected friendship called “Lynx & Birds.” [Watch]
Take a look at the love and obsessive attention to detail that went into the BBC One Christmas Film 2017 created by director Elliot Dear and the Blinkink crew – a painstaking combination of practical sets, stop motion puppets, and CG animation. [Watch]
Co-directors Pedro Allevato and Miguel Rato follow up their promo for Character Lab’s WOOP self-control program with another smooth and sure-footed effort helping educators and students “Build Connections.” [Watch]
The second film in ManvsMachine’s dark and intricate Play Series campaign for Logitech G, “Our intention was to bridge the gap between product and experience and to create a series of films that appealed to the modern gamer.” [Watch]
Vancouver director/animator Eoin Duffy’s tradition of celebrating the holiday’s with a pinch of dark humor continues with his newest animated short tagged #TheManWhoWishedForLungsOfGlitter. [Watch]
With a 1966 CBS Holiday greeting serving as creative reference, Stockholm studio Brikk and Anchor Point create a warm, retro-flavored suite of holiday idents for CBS revolving around friendship and helping others. [Watch]
Belgian artist and photogrammetrist Frederik Heyman says he uses the 3D scanning technique “to stage digital worlds out of relics of the past, a means to recycle the present, and an attempt to shape the future.” [Watch]
Amsterdam creative collective Hello Savants helps Tommy Hilfiger express the full story behind DCoE, the brand’s innovative and eco-conscious denim lab and production pipeline. [Watch]
