Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
NYC freelance designer/animator Naoko Hara chooses an understated, abstract and painterly motion treatment for a powerful message from NYT best selling author, editor and transgender activist Janet Mock. Commissioned by the Fusion Network for their online series called Self Evidence. [Watch]
Helping a government agency educate citizens on how and where to partake of their legal cannabis is not an assignment that comes along everyday (or lifetime). Kudos to LA studio Roger for nailing the style and tone needed to make this potentially hilarious/heavy-handed/cloying assignment informative, upbeat and stylish to boot. [Watch]
Known for their character-driven craziness, Buenos Aires design/animation studio Ronda turn their talents to The Amazing World of Gumball creating this series of lunatic loops for Cartoon Network including a claymation clip by fellow Argentinians Can Can Club. [Watch]
Check this spectacular chrome, flesh and feather extravaganza designed and directed by Barcelona’s one and only Dvein with animation and post by Blow Studio for UK clothing label River Island and their Design Forum showcasing new fashion talent (in this case, London’s Jean-Pierre Braganza). [Watch]
What does uber-director Joseph Kahn have to say about his 14-minute bootleg of the Power Rangers franchise starring Katee Sackhoff and James Van Der Beek? [Watch]
London motion designer and visualisation artist, Thom Haig crafts a thoughtful and carefully rendered full-CG personal project exploring the relationship between connectivity and individuality. [Watch]
No seriously. Like 10 seconds and you’re done. Compiled by Lilian Darmono, Lola Landekic, Victoria Nece and Bran Dougherty-Johnson.
ManvsMachine directs and Analog brings the VFX as everyone just tries to “Keep Up” with Honda and Wieden+Kennedy London. [Watch]
Here’s your opportunity to learn what game studio recruiters look for when hiring 3D talent, and gain valuable insider tips on how to apply for these positions.
Join Cyrus Liu, the head recruiter for Piranha Games, for a FREE one-hour webinar as he reveals these insider tips plus the current opportunities for 3D artists at Piranha Games.
When: Wednesday, Feb 25th, at 11am PST/ 2pm EST
Space is limited so Register ASAP.
Attendees will also learn how to access free Autodesk software licenses and participate in a promotional contest sponsored by the 3D Training Institute. [Watch]
Ryan Honey and the Buck team leave no production technique or typographic trick unturned in this ADD-inducing launch film for Facebook’s new creative think tank called The Factory. [Watch]
London motion design studio Art&Graft unleash a torrent of frenetic, isometric fun for Boomerang, Turner Broadcasting’s cartoon classic network with an eye to “re-align the branding across territories and create a complementary channel to Cartoon Network, whilst establishing its own identity & personality.” [Watch]
Handsome piece of geometric abstraction representing “creativity fused with data insight” directed by Matt Simmonds, CD of ?lm and moving image at the Telegraph Media Group in London, with design direction/animation handled by Weareseventeen and audio from Zelig. [Watch]
Polynoid director Jan Bitzer admits he chose to render the video for “Islands of Glass” from Barcelona’s Rob Clouth as a laser installation in a physics lab simply because “that’s what it sounded like.”
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The fourth and final season of Wilfred (the offbeat dark comedy starring Elijah Wood and Jason Gann) moved to FXX in 2014 complete with this appropriately surreal and irreverent broadcast package from Portland’s favorite musical motion design couple Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing (aka Impactist). [Watch]
