Samsung: Hearing hands

Samsung promotes their video call centers with a heartwarming stunt. The story goes like this. Muharrem Yazgan, a deaf Instanbul man walks down the street with his sister but this is not a regular morning. People around him are using sign language to communicate with him. Hidden cameras were recording his day until he came to a Samsung digital kiosk and sees a woman from Samsung's call center who uses sign language to talk to him. He smiles and sheds a few tears.

Leo Burnett Instanbul spent a month teaching sing language to his neighbours.

Credits:
Samsung: Hearing hands
Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Istanbul, Turkey
Creative Directors: Emrah Akay, Oktar Akin
Art Director: Ümit Senturk
Copywriters: Sezgin Rizaoglu, Deniz Cavdar
Creative Group Head / Art Director: Aren Selvioglu
Creative Group Head / Copywriter: Öykü Berberoglu

Diversity & Inclusion – Love Has No Labels

Love has no labels. This installation with dancing and kissing skeletons proves that before anything else, we are all human and calls us to stop discrimination and embrace diversity. To put aside labels in the name of love.

Did you know that we do 98% of our thinking in our subconscious mind? This might be the reason that many people in the US still report feeling discriminated against, though most Americans agree that people should be treated respectfully and fairly.

The important thing is to educate ourselves and watch for biases when they surface. Implicit bias influences how people are treated and how they interact with each other. It can also perpetuate disparities by altering someone’s ability to find a job, secure a loan, rent an apartment or get a fair trial.

To end bias, we need to become aware of it. And then we need to do everything within our power to stop it. In ourselves, others, and institutions. The world will be a better place for it.

Visit http://lovehasnolabels.com/ to find out more

Credits:
Ad Council organisation

On Valentine’s Day, would you take your fiancee to a fast-food?

Would you take your fiancée to a fast-food on Valentine’s Day? Definitely not. Unless it's a transformed Burger King with valets, violinist and waiters.

Burger King wanted to link the love of the Whopper with love itself. So, Buzzman created Whooper Valentine. An initiative which gives a chance to the biggest Burger King fans to surprise their fiancée on Valentine’s Day. On this special occasion, the Champs Elysées restaurant was completely transformed with valets, violinist and waiters and 10 couples had the chance to enjoy their whopper.

Credits:
CEO & Creative Director : Georges Mohammed-Chérif
Vice President : Thomas Granger
Associate Director : Julien Levilain
Creatives : Pierre Cognard, Guilhem Barbet
Account Managers : Pierre Guengant, Loïc Coelho, Pauline Bouvet
Producers and Art Buyers : Vanessa Barbel, Pauline Couten, Benoît Crouet
Social Media Managers : Julien Scaglione, Loris Bernardini, Elodie Schalk
Communication and PR Managers : Clara Bascoul-Gauthier, Emilie Pereira

"Playthings" safety PSA is charming yet dead-serious at the same time

Evolve's "Playthings", the most viewed gun safety PSA in history, reaching more than 7 million people, gets a print campaign that further illustrates the importance of keeping guns locked up when ever-so-curious children are at home.

The charmingly provocative ads feature kids playing with all manner of taboo household items – condoms, mom’s lacey lingerie, maxi pads, sex toys and tampons – with the simple reminder: ‘If they find it, they’ll play with it.’  That’s an embarrassing prospect if kids find a lacey bra, but it’s a terrifying one if they find an unlocked gun.

Rebecca Bond, Evolve’s co-founder said: “Owning a firearm, and living with them in our communities, comes with the heavy responsibility of safety. Let’s face it, kids find everything.  Some things are simply embarrassing.  Some things are potentially lethal and there is absolutely no do-over.  Hoping that kids exercise good judgment – or are even capable of doing so – is not a bulletproof plan for any parent. We have to keep finding more ways for everyone to take on these conversations; ensuring that no other lives are tragically impacted by lax and avoidable safety behaviors.  Wouldn’t that be amazing?”

See the spot here.

Credits:
Client:  Evolve
Rebecca and Jon Bond, Co-Founders

Agency:  McCann NY
Sean Bryan, Co Chief Creative Officer
Thomas Murphy, Co Chief Creative Officer
Ferdinand Daniele, Associate Creative Director
Thomas Weingard, Associate Creative Director
Nathy Aviram, Chief Production Officer
Wendy Leahy, Senior Art Producer
Rachel Heiss, Account Executive
Sharon MacKenzie, Manager, Print Project Management
April Gallo, Senior Print Producer

Photographers: The Selby, Kevin Zacher

Jesus and His Marketing Stunts in a great self promo

Advertising stunts have gone from obscure operations to mainstream media. Clicks and shares are now conventional media measures. Stunts are harder to write, shoot, manage, produce and edit than traditional 30 second television spots.

To showcase its unique production and post-production offerings, 1one created a promotional video in partnership with integrated advertising agency lg2 that gives viewers a seat at an iconic brand planning session led by the most famous advertising client of all time, Jesus. The table talk fictitiously reveals how 1One helped the Messiah top his previous branded efforts — no small task when you’re trying to outdo giving sight to the blind or turning water into wine.

Jesus from 1one production on Vimeo.

“With the evolution of media, and the viewer becoming more intelligent (and cynical) towards traditional advertising, we need to create stunts that can't look like anything short of amazing,” says Jean-René Parenteau, executive producer and associate, 1one. “When it comes to doing that, you want an expert, not someone who's just hoping they can pull it off. This has been our focus for the past five years. Stunts aren't a new trend for us. It's what we've always done and focused our expertise towards.”

Credits:
Client: 1one Production
Agency: lg2
VP and Creative Director : Marc Fortin
Copywriter: Philippe Comeau
Director: Pierre Dalpé
DOP: Barry Russell
Producer: Jean-René Parenteau
Production House: 1one Production
Music and Sound Design: 1one Production

Mophie: All-powerless Super Bowl 2015

Smartphones. Full of features but they all suffer from their batteries. For some people, a dying battery seems like the end of the world.

Mophie, a mobile charging case brand, teamed up with agency Deutsch L.A. to make this epic Super Bowl 2015 ad. The world is ending, gravity doesn't work, animals fly, it's raining fish, dogs walk their owners, hurricanes, trees burning, tsunamis hit Paris and so on and so forth. Someone's battery is dying and he loses power.

Credits:
Director: Christopher Riggert
Production Company: Biscuit
Managing Director: Shawn Lacy
Executive Producer: Holly Vega
Producer: Karen O'Brien

Agency: Deutsch LA
CCO: Pete Favat
ECD: Matt O'Rourke
Creative Director: Gordy Sang
Creative Director: Brian Siedband
Director of Integrated Production: Vic Palumbo
Executive Integrated Producer: Rachel Seitel

Editor: Grant Surmi
Executive Producer: Angela Dorian
Producer: Cristina Matracia

VFX Lead: Jesse Monsour
Executive Producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall
Producer: Zach Wakefield

A "Stalker" viewed your LinkedIn profile. BBDO for Vier

What a great and creepy way to launch a new thriller series. BBDO Belgium used the "who’s viewed your profile" LinkedIn's feature to anounce the launch of "Stalker" on Vier.

They took advantage of that feature by creating a fictional LinkedIn profile named ‘Stalker’ and filled it out with broadcast info, an exclusive trailer and some personal yet very disturbing details.

Then ‘Stalker’ started visiting profiles. Each of the 12.0000 users received from LinkedIn a notification that "Stalker, self-employed at a place near you" viewed their profiles. Then curiosity did its part and 63% viewed Stalker’s profile.

People liked the idea and spread the word on Twitter. Even without having a Twitter account of his own, ‘Stalker’ got around 27,600 Twitter impressions.

Credits:
Creative director: Jan Dejonghe, Sebastien De Valck, Arnaud Pitz
Art Director: Jan Dejonghe
Copywriter: Jutta Callebaut
Account manager: Lore Desmet
Account Director: Isabel Peeters
Videographer: Jasper Heldenbergh
​Social strategy: Julie Bogaerts
Client: SBS Belgium VIER
Client contacts: Steven Vlassenroot, Steven Huyers