Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Succulent and surreal CG work from Electric Theatre Collective elevates director Pete Candeland’s new work for Finlandia Vodka above and beyond the call for Wieden+Kennedy. [Watch]
Barcelona art and design duo Six N. Five (aka Andy Reisinger and Ezequiel Pini) bring their pristine but playful aesthetic to this series of six clips for a SPACE10 pop-up exhibit in London “exploring the spaces of tomorrow.” [Watch]
In the start of a global love-fest between Oreo and Google, the newest version of the Android operating system will be named after the world’s most recognizable cookie – complete with an Android Oreo superhero. [Watch]
In September 1841 America’s first state fair was held in Syracuse, New York. This fall the Great New York State Fair will host over a million visitors with the help of this promo from Not To Scale director Elliot Lim. [Watch]
Moscow production and VFX house Revolution Studio tease an unnamed new project with the release of this stunning all-CG clip of Japanese red crown cranes dancing in a verdant bamboo forest. [Watch]
Taiwan web and motion designer Yoshiki Lai ups the interest level for mobile phone brand films with this intricate and elegant all-CG clip for the ASUS Zenfone 4. [Watch]
To emphasize the fact Shiseido’s new WASO skincare range “harnesses the power of Japanese food and botanicals,” Dvein teamed with botanists, robot makers, and London CG mavens Analog to create this striking garden installation. [Watch]
Dvein and Paris VFX masters Mikros Image add a golden touch to models Sophia Ahrens and Jordan Barrett in this kinetic spot for Paco Rabanne’s 1 Million and Lady Million fragrances shot by the one and only Darius Khondji (Se7en, Panic Room). [Watch]
Ben Collier-Marsh, CD at WeCanMake in London experiments with layers and looks in this music video for his friend and Brooklyn musician Sami Fitz. A study in contrasts, the resulting piece is both vibrant and languid, fun and contemplative. [Watch]
UK 2D animation directing duo Remus Buznea and Kyriaki Kyriakou (aka Remus & Kiki) clarify the origins of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the toll it imposed on those who tried to escape East Germany, and it’s eventual destruction in 1990. [Watch]
Possibly the freshest student film we’ve seen this year, “Ivan’s Need” is the gloriously strange graduation film of Lucerne University students Veronica L. Montaño, Manuela Leuenberger, and Lukas Suter. [Watch]
South African directors Tulips and Chimneys (formerly Shy the Sun) re-team with Cape Town animation/VFX house BlackGinger to meld CG with stop motion miniatures in this spot for Cerebos salt thru FCB Durban. [Watch]
Buenos Aires motion house 2veinte say they had a blast cel-animating some of their childhood faves – Scrooge McDuck, Donald, his nephews and Launchpad McQuack – for Disney XD’s worldwide reboot of the DuckTales series. [Watch]
ManvsMachine conjure “a super/natural journey through the depths of a mountain” in this CG stunner designed to highlight the purity of Coca-Cola’s Japanese mineral water brand Ilohas. [Watch]
