Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Dynamic camera work and visceral action from co-directors Ezequiel Torres and Pablo Roldán at Buenos Aires studio Rudo Company create a rush of 2D monochrome mania for Argentinian band SIAMES. [Watch]
Vancouver-based animator and creative director Jorge Rolando Canedo Estrada (aka Jr.canest) applies his signature brand of detailed-oriented key framing to a story about a fish, a professor, and the bible. [Watch]
Portuguese creative houses HomemBala and AIM Studios team up to make the case for the Love Matters initiative from Dutch NGO RNW Media, a program focused on the sexual health and rights of young people. [Watch]
It may look like it was hand painted by a mischievous Van Gogh in grade school but this new Motionpoem, by Method Studios for “Monsters” by Dorothea Lasky, hides a complex workflow beneath its lighthearted surface. [Watch]
Perhaps because each student creates their own films (rather than in teams), graduation season at the California Institute of the Arts always produces a wide and intriguing array of short animated films. [Watch]
Exactly two years ago London design and animation studio Art&Graft released their wonderful in-house project “The Walk”, a calm, almost ambient ode to light and perambulation. [Watch]
Berlin design and animation studio dyrdee have all sorts of fun abusing a helpless group of eyeballs to promote the Festival of Animated Film Berlin (opening at the Villa Neuköln, April 25). [Watch]
Demo reels serve as the primary sales tool for studios, but they also act as unintentional time capsules reflecting the tastes and attitudes of the company, their clients, and the audiences they target. [Watch]
Elegant minimalism and playful pacing speak volumes about the motives and culture of Space Lab, a thoroughly modern collaborative workplace and event facility located in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloníki. [Watch]
ECD Orion Tait and the buck crew let loose with a splash of effervescent eye candy for Coke drinkers in Japan, the brand’s second biggest market after the U.S. [Watch]
Director Casey McIntyre and the MPC Creative crew in LA embrace an open brief from Motionpoems, combining cel animation with After Effects and CG to interpret “Weighing In,” Rhina Espalliat’s ode to growth and experience. [Watch]
Brooklyn artist/director/designer Saiman Chow unleashes his talent for exuberant visual chaos on five broadcast IDs for Adult Swim’s hit animated science fiction sitcom Rick and Morty. [Watch]
The move toward longer, heart-tugging CG story-telling continues to accelerate with this 3.5-minute short film for the Dairy Farmers of Canada crafted by the crew at Gentleman Scholar thru agency DDB Canada. [Watch]
When was the last time you sat thru an entire 10-minute music video and laughed out loud along the way? Right, never. Then, Lil Dicky released “Pillow Talking feat. Brain.” [Watch]
