Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Buckle up. French VFX vet Pierre Michel-Estival (who is now based in LA and repped by Digital Domain) just released “Prayer 9,” his spectacular short film and feature film proof of concept “set in the near future where reality is obsolete.” [Watch]
Nexus director Fx Goby animates stencil graffiti to raise awareness of the 80,000 young people in the UK who find themselves in dire circumstances both at home or on the streets in this stark and powerful online film for UK charity End Youth Homelessness. [Watch]
Join Roof Studio directors Guto Terni, Vinicius Costa, and Sam Mason on this lysergic jog through the tropical Costa Rican countryside in search of Australian electro duo Empire of the Sun performing their 80’s-flavored track “High and Low.” [Watch]
Game developers rely on just a handful of studios to create AAA game trailers and cinematics but the list narrows further when you need to add comedy and character to your action. This trailer for Trion Worlds’ new team tactics game Atlas Reactor relies on director Jeff Fowler and the Blur Studio team to do just that.
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By day Ben West toils as a VFX supervisor at Framestore in LA, but by night he writes and directs short films like FUGU & TAKO, a surprisingly poignant buddy film about turning into a pufferfish. His newest labor of love explores a different relationship: a man breaking up with himself. [Watch]
The hypnotic combination of Eoin Duffy’s witty, minimalist animation with the understated confidence of narrator Addison Anderson may be the secret to helping everyone understand everything. [Watch]
Contribute to the conversation at STYLE FRAMES and help build a bigger picture of what’s really going on at the heart of the creative ecosystem where everything starts – the pitch. [Watch]
Early Bird tickets fly south Oct 9, so grab yours before Sunday and save some cash while you stay inspired. Remember, the last STYLE FRAMES conference sold out… just sayin’. [Watch]
Fresh off his Emmy win for Outstanding Main Title Design on The Man In The High Castle, Elastic director Patrick Clair invokes a touch of future-tech terror pushing 3D printing into beautiful and ominous new territory in these opening credits from Episode 1 of Westworld on HBO. [Watch]
London animation studio Seed gathers wildly disparate micro-animations from 26 directors in this cheeky and eclectic 30-second spot encouraging women to “Check ‘em” during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. [Watch]
Warsaw studio Juice teams with VFX pioneer/icon Scott Ross (creative producer and narrator) to conjure much drama and volumetric atmosphere in this mix of live action and CG for the fourth edition of Portugal-based digital art event Trojan Horse was a Unicorn. [Watch]
One bright spot in the otherwise cringe-inducing first presidential debate of 2016, was the launch of another man vs woman “Duel” in the form of this :90 blast of action for Audi from Rattling Stick director Ringan Ledwidge with invisible VFX from The Mill. [Watch]
Pitching is often the most exhilarating part of the creative process – and the most frustrating. Join Stash and 35 outstanding speakers Nov 7-8 in NYC at the STYLE FRAMES Design Conference for an inspiring look at where everything starts and where it’s all going. [Watch]
“Into The Current” is the first novel from Canadian writer and agency creative director Jared Young. Here’s the happy story of how the trailer for the book – a striking sequence created by Ottawa motion artist Chris Moberg – came to be. [Watch]
