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Campaign studies

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397

Whatever’s Comfortable: the original Beach film

Southern Comfort

A single self-possessed performance makes an abstract brand attitude legible before the product reveal.

Give the brand a distinctive attitude through character rather than a feature list. Find an action that communicates the intended attitude without requiring a voiceover to explain it.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
398

Mountain: the 2003 human-pyramid film

PlayStation

visualise a dispersed competitive community as one escalating collective action.

Express the attraction of PlayStation as a shared competitive experience. Choose a visual that explains what participants create together, rather than simply displaying many customers.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
399

Mental Wealth: the original 1999 film

PlayStation

make an imaginative brand promise felt through a single controlled perceptual mismatch.

Give PlayStation an imaginative identity beyond hardware specifications. Build the execution around one surprising change so viewers can identify its meaning.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
400

N°5 The Film: Nicole Kidman and Baz Luhrmann

CHANEL N°5

give an intangible product a narrative consequence that audiences can see and remember.

Express a fragrance’s identity through a medium that cannot convey scent. Make the offering necessary to the story’s emotional meaning rather than a final inserted pack shot.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
401

Still Red Hot: the 25th-anniversary launch

Virgin Atlantic

use an anniversary to restage a recognisable brand difference while testing whether its cultural assumptions still hold.

Refresh the airline’s challenger identity through its anniversary. Build an anniversary around a characteristic customers can recognise instead of a complete corporate timeline.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
402

Ask Guðmundur: the original human search engine

Inspired by Iceland / Promote Iceland

replace an impersonal information interface with named local expertise and use audience questions as the content agenda.

Help prospective visitors discover Iceland’s regional and seasonal variety. Give people a clear, welcoming way to ask a real specialist a bounded question.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
403

Look at Me

Samsung

A familiar camera feature is repositioned as a practical bridge between people.

Make smartphone usefulness concrete for families. Pair the story with a specific experience people can inspect or try.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
404

Hearing Hands

Samsung Turkey

Repeated accessible encounters make a new support service emotionally and practically legible.

Explain an accessible video support service. Show the removal of a specific barrier rather than describing inclusion abstractly.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
405

Backup Memory

Samsung Tunisia

Existing proximity technology delivers relevant context at the moment it is needed.

Demonstrate a useful smartphone application. Choose when information is useful, not simply where it can be stored.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
406

An Unexpected Briefing

Air New Zealand

A mandatory repeated instruction becomes shareable entertainment through a relevant fantasy world.

An airline safety briefing must compete with habituation. Use character action to clarify the instruction rather than interrupt it.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
407

Mistakes

NZ Transport Agency

An impossible conversation before impact makes an earlier preventable decision visible.

Reframe speed for drivers who blame others’ mistakes. Start from a belief people already hold, then reveal a practical implication.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
408

The Bear and the Hare: the 2013 Christmas campaign

John Lewis

make thoughtful gifting visible by giving one product a precise role in removing a recipient’s obstacle.

Express the value of choosing a gift that fits its recipient. Choose the gift only after defining what the recipient is missing or struggling to experience.

Evidence note
No verified quantitative outcomeRead the documented execution and evidence limits in the study. No numeric result is claimed.
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