Reel of the Month Club (Jan 2025): Virak Path
January 15, 2025
In their latest work for Apple TV+, ECD Mason Nicoll and Digital Kitchen capture themes of grief, loss, and ties to the past in this amorphous and unsettling title sequence for the psychological thriller Before starring Billy Crystal. [Watch]
You’re invited to Paradiso in fabulous Mérida, Mexico! Limited to 150 guests, this unique creative event features intimate sessions with artists like Karin Fong, Oliver Jeffers, Debbie Millman, Gmunk, Pentagram, Jessica Walsh, and many others. [Watch]
The design and animation crew at Los York merge 2D and 3D motion, live-action, and VFX “to build a world that feels both futuristic and grounded in reality” for Logitech’s Pro X Superlight 2 Dex wireless gaming mouse. [Watch]
The London studio of Ignition Creative and Bristol-based director/designer Chris Caswell set a tone of intrigue and mystery for Citadel: Diana, the latest chapter in the Russo brothers’ Citadel espionage TV universe. [Watch]
ManvsMachine’s visual adventures with website building platform Squarespace (see here and here for prime examples) continue with a masterclass in shiny pneumatics touting the brand’s collab with artist Jeff Koons. [Watch]
Executive creative director Ant Baena and the FutureDeluxe team demo the immersive audio power of the Sonos Arc Ultra sound bar in this Dune crossover with the sands of planet Arrakis in the starring role. [Watch]
Playing off Guinness’ infectious “Dancing Man” ad (an audience and industry fave from 1994), Nexus director Johnny Kelly and Yamination Studios mix live-action and stop-motion to channel the feel-good vibes of the original. [Watch]
On Saturday Nov. 23, Motion Plus Design once again invites the biggest names in motion design to Paris. Book your ticket now on motionparis.com. Can’t make it to Paris? Live stream tickets are also available. [Watch]
London design and motion studio Panoply (whose best work we track here) just dropped us the latest in their ongoing series of CG experiments, an exploration of data and dimensional intersections called Manifold. [Watch]
CD Aaron Becker and the motion crew at Filmograph in Los Angeles (whose titles for The Beekeeper we featured in Stash 164) layer up a menacing atmosphere for the HBO series The Penguin. [Watch]
Maintaining a fine balance between elegant and edgy, London-based designer/director Pandayoghurt (aka Douglas Bowden) elevates this work for Motorola above the ongoing neck-deep tide of CG phone films. [Watch]
With the use of both austere compositions and meticulous lighting, the CG motion team at Tektura Studio craft a rugged and envy-inducing reveal film for CASETiFY’s new Ultra Bounce Case for Apple iPhone 16. [Watch]
The open-world adventure RPG Genshin Impact rolled out its Natlan map expansion with these 80 seconds of hyperactivity – a neck-snapping, shark-surfing showcase for the design and animation powers of the team at BUCK. [Watch]
Getting an early jump on Halloween horrors, the Goodbye Kansas team just released this trailer for Bloober’s third-person survival game Cronos: The New Dawn providing both atmospheric and visceral chills. [Watch]
