Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
London’s TOMASZEWICZ studio, whose CG powers consistently delight in both personal films like Power Junk and commissioned work like Fila Kids, just released their newest motion experiment called Past Time Rush. [Watch]
Entering The Telly Awards honors your hard work by presenting your projects to the industry’s best producers, leaders and creatives from companies such as Netflix, Adobe, National Geographic and Meta. [Watch]
Seba Morales and Bel R. Tarducci at MinimalChat in La Plata, Argentina, elevate Ray-Ban’s 4323 model to an objet d’art by playing with the refractive possibilities of the sunglasses’s acrylic components. [Watch]
This year we’re broadcasting all 2024 conference lectures and screenings (May 2–4) as a real-time online stream – for you to enjoy from the comfort of your couch. [Watch]
Director Chris Lockhart and the motion crew at South African studio Masters & Savant craft a sleek and cheeky product film parody as part of Google’s (ultimately successful) campaign urging Apple to update their iMessage platform. [Watch]
ECD Kevin Walker and CDs Fernando Bittar & Janice Ahn lead the BUCK team as they conjure a kinetic mix of 3D and 2D animation for a series of real-life “Tall Tales of True Deliveries” for FedEx thru BBDO. [Watch]
Veteran creative collective Pulla Studio takes time out from their client work to create a 90-second showcase for the team’s CG skills in this strikingly photo-real short film created with both Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine. [Watch]
Whether you work in animation, study animation or just love all things animated, join the crew from Bottletop Animation for an evening of animated fun, drinks and a talk by character master Fraser Davidson from Cub Studio. [Watch]
Buenos Aires director/animator Gabriel H Fermanelli just dropped us this giddy exercise in low-res character design and animation inspired by the point and click games of the nineties like Zak McKracken and Alien Mindbenders. [Watch]
Leaving their signature CG skills aside for a moment, ManvsMachine take a seat in the director’s chair on this one-shot, all in-camera road trip (with post and rig removal via Framestore) for Irish Bank PTSB thru Publicis. [Watch]
The Mouvo Conference brings together a selection of the most fascinating speakers from the global audiovisual culture scene whose work oscillates at the intersection of graphic design, animation, film, and interactive technologies. [Watch]
In a playful and surreal series of three CG short films, founder/CD Sergio del Puerto and the crew at Serial Cut in Madrid re-imagine the form and feeling of select Tokyo street lamps punctuated by bursts of jazz-fueled abstraction. [Watch]
In a refreshing break from the tropes of sunny families and friendly farmers, Elastic CD Duncan Elms and the VFX team at a52 compose a sumptuous ad for Coca-Cola’s Simply brand. [Watch]
Join the design world at FITC Toronto as we explore the future of everything innovative, technical, and creative to leave you informed, challenged, and inspired. [Watch]
