Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Taiwan CG artist and motion designer Ming-Shuo Kao just slipped onto the Stash radar with this ambitious and fanciful CG take on must-have future tech that combines neuroscience, furniture, and mixology. [Watch]
Switching seamlessly between 2D and CG animation, director Jan Xavier and the crew at São Paulo studio Histeria! translate a fantasy adventure about a boy and his yeti into a music video/trailer for Riot’s “Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story”. [Watch]
Founder/director Kevin Dart and his design and animation team at Chromosphere transplant the star of their Yuki 7 web series into a light and clever real-time simulation training video using Unreal Engine. [Watch]
Referencing 1970’s analog design techniques, King+Country set a gritty and dangerous tone for The Continental, a three-episode miniseries born from the world of John Wick produced by Lionsgate and airing on Peacock. [Watch]
The always-fabulous Motion Plus Design series expands to India with a satellite event in New Delhi on October 28th featuring some of the region’s top motion designers and a live stream Q&A with Imaginary Forces CD Karen Fong. [Watch]
Warsaw-based 3D artist Sebastian Marek designs and directs a playful brand video highlighting the key features and benefits of the Adobe Substance 3D asset library. [Watch]
CDs Tom Crate and Dave Webster at FutureDeluxe in London amp up the drama for an elemental reveal of Huawei’s Ultimate Design luxury smartwatch (complete with black nanocrystal ceramic bezel and 18K gold inlays). [Watch]
After a blisteringly successful run on the festival circuit, the playful minds at Dog & Rabbit in London have released their cheeky take on a faux-feud between the UK’s two biggest bands into the wilds of the internet. [Watch]
The design and animation crew at BUCK in Sydney take an appropriately light and loose approach to dressing up archival tennis action from The Australian Open in new work highlighting the relaxed social atmosphere of Aussie tennis. [Watch]
Elastic CD Hazel Baird, who also brought the world the jaunty minimalism of “The Morning Show” titles, works with Welsh studio Rough Collie, to formulate a swinging science-based look for the Apple TV+ series “Lessons in Chemistry”. [Watch]
Korean 3D motion designer and CG artist Haram Jung introduces us to a sci-fi adventure that combines Narcissus from Greek mythology and the planet Mars in a short film created for Pause Fest’s latest round of Originals. [Watch]
Sleek CG style melds seamlessly with the French fashion scene in this new showcase spot for Renault’s Scenic E-Tech 100% electric vehicle directed by ManvsMachine thru Friend London and Quad for Publicis. [Watch]
CDs Nidia Dias and Miguel Rato at London CG studio Steelworks showcase both the features and aesthetics of HOKA’s Anacapa 2 and Mach X shoes in these vigorous launch spots for the activewear brand thru Anomaly LA. [Watch]
Shanghai motion director/concept artist Leon Liang indulges his love of building out sci-fi worlds in this vision, created for Pause Originals, of a future where orbiting solar stations have solved the energy question. [Watch]
