Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
In his latest collaboration with LA visual artist James Jean, director and CG artist Zachary Corzine again extends one of Jean’s paintings into four dimensions using gentle, ambient 3D animation. [Watch]
LA motion designer Champ Panupong Techawongthawon, whose work for Mezmo we featured in Stash 160, is back with another impossible-to-ignore brand film – this time in concert with John Mcneil Studio for cyber security firm Commvault. [Watch]
German post and VFX house ACHT backs up English director Joshua Vii as he takes a bee’s eye view in this mix of motion-control and CG exploring the exterior and interior of the new Škoda Kodiaq crossover SUV. [Watch]
Danish menswear brand Shaping New Tomorrow takes their first steps into 3D with three sleek and minimalist films from the motion design crew at sub.stnc® in Malmo, Sweden, and animator Federico Piccirillo. [Watch]
The design and motion team at ManvsMachine embark on a dramatic expedition into the Karakoram mountain range in Kashmir with agency WeSayHi in this brand film for Italian luxury outerwear brand Moncler. [Watch]
Working with Hornet, Andrew Vucko and his motion team in Toronto craft a clean, kinetic, and modular new motion identity for premium music streaming platform Tidal to work across the breadth of the brand as well as in future campaigns. [Watch]
London artist, animator, and video essayist Alan Warburton parses the issues surrounding the use and ramifications of generative AI in this thoughtful documentary with most of the footage created with the tools under discussion. [Watch]
Eddy directing duo Jean-Charles Kerninon and Clement Lauricella (aka Boddicker) and the crew at Brunch Studio in Paris showcase the many sides of their animation talents in their latest trailer for Riot’s Teamfight Tactics. [Watch]
Passion Pictures’ animation director Anna Mantzaris brings her woolly stop-motion talents to Apple’s 2023 holiday film, a properly heart-warming four-minute opus directed by Lucia Aniello at Hungry Man thru TBWA\Media Arts Lab. [Watch]
Newly arrived on the Stash radar, the motion crew at Palomino in Seoul tackle the challenge of brightening up Samsung’s annual global semiconductor forum with a spirited and playful CG title sequence. [Watch]
The ethos of sustainability behind EV brand Polestar finds expression in a series of airy and intriguing kinetic sculptures in this spot from director Adam Marko-Nord with animation by Swedish studios Edisen and Haymaker VFX. [Watch]
Madrid CG house JVG provides appropriate levels of both drama and gravitas in a director’s cut of their film commissioned by The Washington Post promoting the paper’s coverage of the recent U.S. midterm elections. [Watch]
Clear your mind and set aside eight minutes to get lost in La Diplomatie de L’éclipse, the lyrical, thoughtful, and impossibly resplendent short from five fifth-year animation students at Ecole MoPA in Arles, France. [Watch]
Working with Freestudios in Geneva, London-based Turkish director/artist Onur Senturk transforms the latest limited-edition masterpiece from Swiss luxury watch and clock maker MB&F into a desert-bound piece of kinetic architecture. [Watch]
