The Gunn Report, the global index for creative excellence in advertising, has released its 2014 Report encapsulating the overall performance of the world of advertising in the 2014 calendar year based on the results of 45 global, regional and national creative award contests.
Highlights from the 2014 Gunn Report include:
Most Awarded Film Commercial in the World in 2014
1 Volvo Trucks, ‘The Epic Split’, Forseman & Bodenfors (Gothenburg)
2 Harvey Nichols Christmas, ‘Sorry I Spent It On Myself’, adam&eveDDB (London)
3 New Zealand Transport Agency, ‘Mistakes’, Clemenger BBDO (Wellington)
Most Awarded Digital Ads in the World in 2014
1 Honda Internavi, ‘Sound of Honda – Ayrton Senna 1989’, Dentsu (Tokyo)
2 Volvo Trucks, ‘The Epic Split’, Forseman & Bodenfors (Gothenburg)
3 Volvo Trucks, ‘Live Test Series’, Forseman & Bodenfors (Gothenburg)
Most Awarded All Gunns Blazing in the World in 2014
1 Volvo Trucks, ‘Live Test Series’, Forsman & Bodenfors (Gothenburg)
2 ABTO/Brazilian Organisation of Organ Transplant, ‘Bentley Burial’, Leo Burnett Tailor Made (São Paulo)
3 Honda Internavi, ‘Sound of Honda – Ayrton Senna 1989’, Dentsu (Tokyo)
Most Awarded Campaign Across All Gunn Report Media in 2014
1 Honda Internavi, ‘Sound of Honda – Ayrton Senna 1989’, Dentsu (Tokyo)
2 Harvey Nichols Christmas, ‘Sorry I Spent It On Myself’, adam&eveDDB (London)
3 Volvo Trucks, ‘Live Test Series’, Forsman & Bodenfors (Gothenburg)
Most Awarded Agencies in the World in 2014
1 Forsman & Bodenfors (Gothenburg)
2 Dentsu (Tokyo)
3 adam&eveDDB (London)
Most Awarded Agencies in Digital in the World in 2014
1 Forsman & Bodenfors (Gothenburg)
2 Dentsu (Tokyo)
3 Clemenger BBDO (Sydney & Melbourne)
Most Awarded Networks in the World in 2014
1 BBDO
2 DDB
3 Leo Burnett
Most Awarded Countries in the World 2014
1 USA
2 UK
3 Brazil
Most Awarded Advertisers in the World in 2014
1 Volvo
2 Volkswagen
3 Honda
Most Awarded Production Companies in the World in 2014
1 MJZ (Los Angeles, London, New York)
2 Folke Film (Stockholm)
3 Outsider (London)
Most Awarded Directors in the World in 2014
1 Andreas Nilsson (Sweden)
2 James Rouse (UK)
3 Steve Ayson (Australia, USA, Italy)
Donald Gunn, founder of The Gunn Report, said, “Creativity can be measured by awards. We’ve analyzed the results of the most important creative award shows around the world to bring insight, commentaries and rankings–valuable data for the ever-evolving advertising industry to achieve greater heights.”
The Gunn Report 2014 guest editor is Malcolm Poynton, newly appointed global chief creative officer of Cheil Worldwide. Poynton, who has contributed his own personal commentary on the report and awards tables as well as being involved in the selection for The Showreel of the Year, commented: “The Gunn Report brings all the chaos and confusion of the seemingly endless award show calendar into sharp focus to give us the bigger picture of what’s hot and who’s behind it. Here you will find the best ideas made for clients that know the worth of a well-executed creative idea.”
The Gunn Report Book and Showreel of the Year 2014 DVD will be available in mid-March and will include the results of The Gunn Report for Media 2014.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More