Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
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Marks & Spencer & Dom & Nic & The Mill & Dawn French & Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney
Newly adopted sons of Wales Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney join comedian Dawn French as she reprises her fairy role in the annual Marks & Spencer holiday outing via Outsider directors Dom&Nic with animated mittens and VFX by The Mill. [Watch]
Builders Club Accelerates “Extinction Ends Here” Campaign for Air Company
Compelling production work here from Builders Club and London editing studio Avenues for Brooklyn’s Air Company whose reactor converts carbon into carbon-negative products, “turning our most abundant pollutant into a resource for good.” [Watch]
Paloma Baeza and Nexus “Make it Sparkle” in a Very Flamingo Christmas
Nexus director Paloma Baeza, who won a BAFTA and an Annie for her stop-motion short film Poles Apart featuring two bears, moves on to CG birds in this glitzy holiday number for British online retailer Very. [Watch]
Traktor and Untold Serve Up Tiny Dancer and Dinosaur for Argos Holiday Spot
The first big holiday spot of the season landed today courtesy of Stink directors Traktor for British retailer Argos with London VFX house Untold handling Connie the doll’s dance moves and Trevor the dinosaur’s disastrous directing. [Watch]
Polymath and Semaphore Design a Diagnosis for EosDx
Cincinnati-based brothers Kevin and Douglas Gautraud bring together their respective studios (motion design house Polymath and prodco Semaphore) to elevate the art of the explainer for cancer diagnostics company EosDx. [Watch]
Get in the Mood for Halloween With Kristoffer Brady’s “GHOSTS”
Director/concept artist Kristoffer Brady in Paris: “GHOSTS is a tribute to the original animated short Hashiru Otoko by anime master Yoshiaki Kawajiri, creator of the classics Vampire Hunter D, Wicked City, and Ninja Scroll. [Watch]
