Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Without a Mountie or beaver in sight, Anik Rosenblum and Dancing Line Productions in Vancouver help Canada mark 150 years with this jaunty, feel-good animation commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. [Watch]
South Korean animator/illustrator Seoro Oh established his knack for finding the laughs in involuntary human behavior with his exploration of drowsiness in “Afternoon Class.” Next up, sneezing. [Watch]
Google treated the 7,000 attendees of their 2017 I/O developers’ conference in San Francisco with this charming and kinetic animated opening short by Nexus director Fx Goby. [Watch]
It’s Zombies versus the Fire Wolves for the Underworld Cup in this frenetic animated adrenaline rush from Le Cube thru Passion Pictures Australia and Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai for Nike’s line of kid’s bandages. [Watch]
French animator/director Alexandre Louvenaz pushes his signature retro CG chaos into hilarious new territory with this manic and not entirely SFW parody of TV home renovation shows for Adult Swim. [Watch]
Australian director Scott Geersen and his 3D studio Substance nudge the bar to a welcome new level for realistically flawed CG surfaces in this striking open for TEDx Sydney. [Watch]
A powerful compilation of the meticulous and ultimately respectful graphics created for Nicholas Schrunk’s feature doc “Blood Road,” including the opening titles and narrative assets. [Watch]
Buenos Aires motion studio Ale Pixel translates UK designer/director Noma Bar’s striking use of negative space and graphic metaphor into the first in an animated series highlighting smart safety systems in Mercedes-Benz vehicles. [Watch]
Illustration and motion from Christian Borstlap and the crew at Amsterdam creative studio Part of a Bigger Plan combine with Johnny Reilly’s VO to bring a feel-good fuzzy charm to this piece for the Artis Royal Zoo. [Watch]
Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about the clitoris, assembled into three charming, insightful, and multi-award winning minutes courtesy of Montreal director/animator Lori Malépart-Traversy. [Watch]
Here’s a cute and trippy 3D confection to perk up your Tuesday morning: meet the carefree and stylish Cosmic Panda created by Jaime Álvarez Sobreviela (aka Mr Kat) with animation by São Paulo studio Le Cube. [Watch]
Join our friends at FITC for a half-day workshop in NYC to learn the basic principles and best practices for filming in 360, including how to capture video, edit and publish using the Samsung Gear 360. [Watch]
If, like me, you feel a deep skepticism and/or distrust about the internet of things, this new spot by Stockholm agency Forsman & Bodenfors for Swedish tech giant Semcon should make you smile. [Watch]
Berlin design house Zeitguised launched their new commercial arm called foam Studio with this CG short called “Auto Nom,” a whimsical and impossible-to-ignore effort “that explores the unexpected consequences of autonomous mobility.” [Watch]
