Creative Wave – December 23
TUNE FOR THE YEAR-
Perspective is a wonderful thing. Who better to turn to than the big guy Al Green to remind us that Love and Happiness is all that matters
* New teaser trailer for Blade Runner 2049. Looks rather nice doesn’t it? One more thing to look forward to in 2017-
And here are a few stills. Interestingly it looks like Harrison Ford is just playing himself-
* Put the date January 13th in your diary because that’s the day Run the Jewels 3 is dropping-
* If you got a Deliveroo last week you might’ve got it delivered by one of their beatboxing carol singers–
* Nice Christmas present here from Nine Inch Nails. They’ve got a new surprise EP dropping today-
* Meet the industry’s top 20 creative leaders as selected by Campaign this year-
* And here are their top 10 TV and cinema ads–
* Interesting idea here from Romania where McCann helped them become the first country with an artificial intelligence ambassador. Has to be better than Boris Johnson, right?
* After retiring twice in the last year, confusingly Mos Def has a new album out this week. It’s just him singing, and it’s called December 99th–
* Check out the BBC’s list of the top 10 books of 2016–
* Since those first trailers came out last year, how much has Star Wars: Rogue One changed?
* Absolutely love this: NBC news used a stock image of a man blowing his nose on TV the other day… only the stock image was of Ed Miliband–
* More from Resident Advisor. Here are their favourite mixes, reissues and compilations of 2016–
* It’s official – finally – lurking on Facebook makes you miserable. So get off your phone, look up and be charge of your own happiness-
* A lot from Campaign this week, but they did some great stuff. Here are their picks for the top 10 digital innovations–
* This week Tupac Shakur became the first solo rapper to be inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame–
* Finally from Campaign, here’s a rundown of the year’s best press ads–
* Even though he’s still making Blade Runner 2, Denis Villeneuve is in talks to shoot a new version of Dune next-
* Series two of Amazon’s The Man In the High Castle starts this week. Here’s a trailer. For those out of the loop, it’s an adaptation of Philip K Dick’s classic book of the same name-
* Get the lowdown on what is sure to be one of 2017’s hottest trends – immersive film-making. Check out the 360 degree camera spheres! Very cool-
