Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Italian animation innovator and provocateur Donato Sansone (aka milkyeyes) suppresses his natural tendency toward the NSFW and grotesque to hand-craft a snappy don’t-text-and-drive message for Ford Italy. [Watch]
Unit9 director Cole Paviour and cinematographer James Medcraft combine motion capture, motion control, and a unique multi-plane liquid printer to create the planet’s first animated liquid human all in camera. [Watch]
The social network for athletes called Strava gave each of its 1.2 million members a stunning and personalized CG film displaying their individual training achievements in 2016. [Watch]
Mobile phones are hard to tell apart as are most of the ads promoting them, but Shanghai director/ motion designer SOMEI is helping OPPO change that by surrounding the expected pristine product shots with fun and unexpected visuals. [Watch]
Essentially unchanged since 1933 when French tennis star Jean René Lacoste (aka the Crocodile) invented them, polo shirts are as “Timeless” as men’s fashion gets. [Watch]
A stumpy but fearless sea captain finds himself alone against impossible odds in “Tempest,” a CG short packed with high drama and spectacular VFX from director Bryan Engram and the Brazen Animation crew in Dallas. [Watch]
This brooding and meticulous new CG short from the Tendril crew called “Coming to America” premiered last night on STARZ to accompany episode five of the hit fantasy-drama “American Gods.” [Watch]
Toronto design and motion studio Polyester layer non-stop action and ambitious transitions onto a brisk script from SID LEE copywriter Egin Kongoli in their in-house tribute to the many facets of the number 7. [Watch]
Amphibians of various shapes and stickiness crash the aftermath of a decadent party, indulging in the leftovers and satin sheets before uncovering a dark secret hidden at the bottom of the pool. [Watch]
UK VFX shop nineteentwenty bring their 3D and Nuke skills to this desert music fest featuring Gorillaz and a massive cast of solar powered toys – all directed by Noah Harris at Blinkink. [Watch]
Kouhei Nakama’s personal films have always pushed the creative and technical boundaries of 3D to create a sense of wonder. But this latest short, called “Makin’ Moves,” is his first designed make you smile. [Watch]
The 2017 AMP (Association of Music Producers) Awards went down last night in New York and opened with this bit of genius from Buck and Antfood that anyone who creates anything creative for clients will appreciate. [Watch]
Stash 123 packs another 31 inspiring films into the Stash Permanent Collection, the planet’s largest online video library of design, animation, and VFX. [Watch]
In this new CG spot addressing the gender gap in technology for University of Phoenix, Hornet directors Dan & Jason return to the emotional approach they used so effectively in their 2015 breakout work for Cineplex. [Watch]
