Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Elastic CD Duncan Elms, whose design and motion talents we keep tabs on here, sets an optimistic tone for A Brief History Of The Future, the new PBS doc series exploring “how re-thinking tomorrow can bring long-term change”. [Watch]
Melbourne animation director and illustrator Kate Isobel Scott’s ambitious stop-motion epic has earned a place in pop culture history as the official music video for one of the most-played songs of all time, Pink Floyd’s “Money”. [Watch]
In this curious and enigmatic video for “Silk Sheets” by DJ/producer Eben Tenner, German director Michael Fragstein tempers the endless possibilities of AI with a carefully curated mix of stop-motion and collage techniques. [Watch]
The team at London studio Art&Graft just dropped us the trailer for their latest in-house short film In Pursuit of Magic, an intriguing mix of 2D and 3D characters and techniques underscored with a sense mystery by Zelig Sound. [Watch]
Launched in 2016 by animator/CDs Martin Dasnoy and Dalmiro Buigues, Buenos Aires studio Buda.tv celebrates eight years with an anthem film stating the creative importance of anatomical intelligence in the age of artificial intelligence. [Watch]
London VFX masters Electric Theatre Collective and Partizan director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet (whose ample talent for CG-enhanced live-action can be seen in this classic) combine forces for a fun trip thru the Marvel Universe with Coca-Cola. [Watch]
Undeterred by the sudden death of a job in the middle of R&D, the motion crew at Alchemy in London pivoted their efforts into this spec spot for sporting goods brand Salomon, designed to “showcase the team’s conceptual, edit, and technical skills in one place.” [Watch]
AI escapes our devices and hijacks our bodies in this gradually intensifying title sequence from the 2024 edition of OFFF Barcelona by Scottish/Canadian filmmaker Stuart Langfield with Glasgow studio Revenant handling VFX. [Watch]
Somewhere in the future, when the world has come to its senses and finally establishes the Car Insurance Advertising Hall of Fame (CIAHoF), this spot from Division directing duo Mrzyk & Moriceau will be inducted for sheer audacity. [Watch]
Gabriele Montinaro, a freelance motion designer based in Italy, bares his heart and understandably tortured soul in this exuberant motion exercise (and even more energetic process reel) about a problem many creatives identify with. [Watch]
Working with Toronto prodco Impossible Studios, director/CD Alon Isocianu and Reactiv weave together live-action with delicate floral VFX in a striking piece for the Canadian Cancer Society that he calls “a real labor of love for a great cause.” [Watch]
Director Matt von Trott and the team at Assembly in Auckland craft an emotionally resonant animated odyssey inspired by the challenges experienced by hospitalized children for the Australian charity Hospitals United for Sick Kids. [Watch]
Following up on their retro-print inspired Crocs spot from last fall, the CG motion crew at Bark&Bite in Leeds slip into a new look based on the casual footwear brand’s partnership with the NBA. [Watch]
Andrew Pope, a partner and principal Flame artist at Hero Post in Atlanta, captures the inherent calm and satisfaction of fine joinery in this minimalist and mesmerizing CG short film called Dovetail. [Watch]
