Posts Tagged ‘Creative’

Of fur and fangs.

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Mischievous trolls, ugly ogres, evil hobgoblins, dour dwarves, wicked witches, big, bad wolves and fire breathing, albeit despondent, dragons. (I must admit I’ve always had a soft spot for dragons. They seemed so sad and put upon. I think it harks back to my childhood memory of one of the saddest songs ever sung, ‘Puff The Magic Dragon’.)

These larger than life creatures were more real to us than some of our actually real family and friends. Even vying with our imaginary friends for their share of our attention. They inhabited our storybooks, lived in full colour illustrations and came to life on a regular basis – predictably, of course, at night.

As characters, they were imbued with all sorts of nasty attributes. They were mean. And sneaky. They didn’t walk, they crept. Silence and stealth were their modus operandi and even the larger limbed amongst them seemed to have the ability to melt effortlessly in to the darkness.

There were occasions when we could hear them advancing. We could feel the ground groaning beneath the massive, thumping feet, thundering hooves or firmly planted paws. The hot, stinking breath on the back of our necks, raising every last, tiny hair. The misshapen silhouettes standing out in the otherworldly landscapes.

These were the realer than real monsters that lurked nearby, always waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. Imagining them to be everywhere they weren’t, we became accustomed to uncovering one or other of them in all sorts of unexpected places.

And, strangely, they’re reluctant to leave us. Despite our best efforts to shake them. So, if you think you may be imagining things lately, seeing big monsters and hearing little voices, don’t be surprised. They’re all around us, after all.

Sinéad Kennedy is a senior copywriter with McConnellsintegrated

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Tags: Advertising, Creative, MINI, Outdoor, press, Radio, Sinéad Kennedy
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a bit of innocent fun

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Every single 250ml innocent smoothie contains two full portions of your recommended five a day. Considering how difficult it is to actually consume five portions of fruit and vegetables every single day, this is some feat. Therefore, our brief was to communicate innocent’s health credentials in a way that really engaged with people. The last thing we wanted was to sound like we were ordering people to be healthier, or to sound smug, self-satisfied or preachy. That’s not very innocent, after all. We wanted our audience to choose to spend time playing with the brand, and we took that very literally.

Late one night in a coding frenzy completely unrelated to fruit, one of our digital ninjas, space invaders fan Colm Doyle had an idea: what if the sky was suddenly filled with falling fruit and bottles of innocent smoothies? Catch them in your picnic basket you’d score points. You’d score one point for an apple or a banana, two for a bottle of innocent (See…two a day?). Catch the falling junk food and you’d lose points.

Brendan, Ali and Helen down in Fruit Towers really liked the idea and so here it is. An online campaign, where you can play away to your heart’s content. We’ve also designed and built a facebook application through which you can publish your score and challenge your friends to play.

Unsurprisingly, Colm’s is the highest score so far. See how you fare at the innocent smoothies Facebook page

Well done to the agency team: Colm Doyle (tech. developer, the one with the idea), Andrew Moran (tech. manager), Lucy Ryan (account manager), Elaine Kinsella (flash developer), Greg McLoughlin (words) and Tim Mudie (pictures).

And of course thanks to our clients in Fruit Towers, Dublin.

Tags: Andrew Moran, app, Colm Doyle, Creative, Digital, Elaine Kinsella, Facebook, Greg McLoughlin, innocent, Lucy Ryan, Tim Mudie
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