INTERLINKED

‘ have you run the blood sample yet? ’

‘ about time you showed up. we’ve nearly finished investigating the scene. ’

‘ get me a coffee, will you? ’

‘ i think we’re going to be here for a while. ’

‘ here, i brought you a coffee. ’

‘ this is why i’m leading the case. ’

‘ c’mon. this was supposed to be MY case. ’

‘ no, no. it’s your turn to talk to the victim’s family. ’

‘ see anything of use? ’

‘ you’re not looking at the big picture. ’

‘ you’re too focused on the big picture. ’

‘ where are we with the fingerprint analysis? ’

‘ foul play was involved here. ’

‘ the coroner ruled it a suicide. he was wrong. ’ 

‘ the game is afoot. ’

‘ there’s got to be a link here. ’

‘ i think these murders are connected. ’

‘ if i’m right, we’re hot on the perp’s trail. ’

‘ he’s scared. he’ll be moving cautiously. ’

‘ let me see the autopsy report. ’

‘ aha. i see the critical mistake here. ’

‘ our perp is getting sloppy. ’ 

‘ take another look. ’

‘ nothing surprises me in this town anymore. ’

‘ let’s go, rookie. ’

‘ i want statements from our eye witness. ’

‘ this is never going to stand up in trial. we need hard evidence. ’

‘ gather the evidence. bring it to the lab/office. ’

‘ i work alone. ’

‘ i could use another set of eyes on these prints. ’

‘ the facial recognition software is running right now. ’

Advertising is part of the DNA of Blade Runner, so it was only natural to find creative ways of pushing the envelope of this means of expression. “Billboards will be around until the human race is gone”, jokes Paul Inglis [Art director]. “But we had to decide what ads look like in 2049.” The sky was literally the limit, as corporate images could be seen in all possible spaces, even cast upon smog, rain, and snow. “The atmosphere is so thick in the city that you can even project images into thin air. In 3D, no less. And that’s an extension of our own reality today.”

Static billboards are a thing of the past. In this world, commercial images move, transform, and interact with their environments. “We had to take futuristic advertising to another level,” says VFX producer Karen Murphy. “Ads aren’t simply neon signs on a building. We developed new ways of projecting them, like pods that create holographic enhanced moving images.”