Hyundai New Thinker's Index - Royal Shakespeare Rapper
The New Thinker's Index is an innovative, editorial platform created by Microsoft and sponsored by Hyundai, designed to create a global community of new thinkers. It is an exciting, fresh concept that will result in a hub of organic and original ideas. Irresistible have been commissioned to produce 5 films that explore and implement new thinking. Working along side Kevin Spacey, Joseph Fiennes and Devlin, as well as a host of other talented individuals, the films explore topics as diverse as guerrilla gardening, Shakespeare vs hip hop and filmmaking in 24 hours.
In this project, the New Thinker's Index brings two culturally juxtaposed yet principally similar worlds to the forefront of its' exploration. Rap music and William Shakespeare are not the most likely of comparisons to draw, but in this insightful collaboration, we see them collide to reveal their similarities. Classical actor Joseph Fiennes and UK rapper Devlin have one day to write, arrange, perform, record and produce a modern rap song inspired by Shakespeare's Sonnet 129. In this exploration of rhythm, language and rhyme, the boundaries of two cultures are torn down to create an incredible fusion of worlds that were once 500 years apart!
New Thinking Creates New Language
Directed by Jeremy Whelehan, Produced by Georgina Cowley, and edited by Irresistible Post: http://www.irresistiblefilms.com/post
To watch the films, and discover what type of thinker you are, visit the New Thinkers Index website: http://newthinking.uk.msn.com/#/3/72/
