Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
The Digital Design Days 2024 festival opens Oct 6th in Milan with this title sequence by the team at Territory Studio in London blending classical art and architecture references with austere motion design and typography. [Watch]
Jean-Sébastien Baillat and his Montreal motion studio (who landed on the Stash radar last year with this branding work), layer up AI-generated imagery into an intriguing campaign for local projection mapping festival MAPP_MTL. [Watch]
If your attending Digital Design Days 2024 make sure to catch the “Catalyst: Navigating the Future of Digital Marketing” think tank workshops exploring technological disruption and the future of digital marketing. [Watch]
Italian animation studio Rocketpanda, who joined the NOMINT roster in 2022, combines dynamic camera moves, intriguing transitions, and 2D animation into a kinetic promotion for Discord’s Nitro subscription service. [Watch]
If the purpose of a product film is to convey the essence and feel of that project, then this intimate and tangible new work from ManvsMachine (with DOP Jake Gabbay) for reMarkable is an unqualified success. [Watch]
Hard on the heels of this summer’s crazed Deadpool Domination spot, Psyop teams with CDs Ralph Karam, Santiago Oddis, and animation crew at Le Cube for this crossover merging the worlds of Marvel and Fortnite. [Watch]
Sensor.Graphics, the new US-based motion studio who recently made a splash with this short film, follows up with a thoughtful peek at what neural networks might look like rendered as a kinetic art installation. [Watch]
If you’re in the mood for five minutes of sheer musical pandemonium, director and visual artist Alessandro Bavari’s latest short film (which should resonate with both Monty Python and Fellini fans) has you covered. [Watch]
The VFX team at The Mill Paris and Quad director Bruno Aveillan wrangle point clouds and particle animation into a dreamy trip through revolutionary moments in French history and art for Renault thru agency Publicis Conseil. [Watch]
Director David Pagaille and the animation team at Passion Paris conjure 12 full minutes of legend and fantasy for their short film adaptation of an in-game story from Genshin Impact, the adventure RPG published by miHoYo. [Watch]
The Dash Bash is a two-day motion design festival (with an optional third day of workshops) filled with speakers, hangouts, and parties from June 11th through the 13th, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. [Watch]
Berlin studio Petrick teams with crews at Prand (New York), HonkFu (Moscow), and ZHEESHEE (Tbilisi, Georgia) in this kinetic spot tracking animation styles from four decades for Russian mobile operator MTS. [Watch]
Not To Scale directing trio and character specialists Ronda transform the logo for UK consumer price-checking website ismybillfair into a snappy and charming animated brand ambassador thru London agency BigSmall. [Watch]
DA Z (Digital Arts Zurich) showcases outstanding international artists and up-and-coming talent. The festival offers interactive exhibitions, virtual and mixed reality experiences, audiovisual concerts and the D.A.S.C. Conference. [Watch]
