Jamie Madge

5 days ago | magazine.shots.net | Jamie Madge

I tend to overthink things. And then simple tasks end up taking way too long and going in the wrong direction. And then I end up creating something that completely missed the point, all because it’s been well overthought. Cooked to death. And ends up a real mess, impossible to tidy. So, when I was asked to detail some of my favourite things, I thought… let’s not overthink this. Let’s just document some of the most used and most loved things in and around my office here in Los Angeles.

1 week ago | magazine.shots.net | Jamie Madge

We all know the odour of a decent takeaway can be enough to distract us from a well-trodden path (both literally and figuratively), but who knew it could draw us in from the wilderness?! Proving the salvation of a lonely fella seemingly lost in a desert wilderness, Chicken Licken's latest spot, The Homecoming, cleverly hides its true purpose throughout its extended runtime, keeping attention via Peter Pohorsky's delicate direction and a terrific central performance.

2 weeks ago | magazine.shots.net | Jamie Madge

Certain things about British summers are ever-reliable: at the first hint of sun a big lad will get his shirt off; flying ant day always crops up when you least expect it; and your long-planned BBQ will almost certainly be rained off. Thankfully, another thing you can count on is a stonker of a spot from Uncommon Creative Studio, here demonstrating the total reliability of Ocado's home deliveries.

2 weeks ago | magazine.shots.net | Jamie Madge

Road trips in cinema rarely end well. Think Thelma and Louise, Easy Rider, The Road (though that was pretty bleak to start with)... Thankfully, HAMLET director Ludovic Gontrand has eschewed the conventions of the genre to bring us a genuinely touching and heartfelt tale in his new promo for Korean artist Didi Han. Following a lonely giant hitchhiker, played by 7’4” (2m 24 cm) Serbian actor Dalibor Micic, Youth soons gives all the feels when our hero is picked up by a group of young friends.

2 weeks ago | magazine.shots.net | Jamie Madge

With the amount of data being shared online nowadays, it's nice to think that not every word you utter is being analysed for some nefarious reason. Especially on WhatsApp. On that group. You know the one... Putting confidentiality at the heart of its latest campaign, the messaging app has launched Not Even WhatsApp, a unique piece of branding that focuses on what the service doesn't do: snoop.