Publicis Mojo wins with Burn at Eurobest

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Screen shot 2010-12-10 at 4.20.55 PM.pngPublicis Mojo’s work for Coca-Cola Europe won three medals at theEurobest Advertising Festival in Hamburg last night. Mojo was the onlyAustralian agency to collect an award.

The silver and two bronze medals were awarded to Mojo’s online film’Playground’, directed by Glendyn Ivin. The film is part of anintegrated portfolio for Coca-Cola’s Burn energy drink, developed toreposition the ailing energy brand and create a 24/7 dialogue withconsumers in 43 European markets.

Mojo took an unconventional approach to production of the three online films, collaborating with Exit Films directors Garth Davis, Jonothan Hill and Ivin. Rather than being traditionally scripted, each was developed with the heavy involvement of talent from the creative communities the brand wished to engage.

The central character in ‘Playground’ is Julius Wright, aka ‘Lyrical God’ – an undiscovered, 21 year old beat-rap artist from Philadelphia. In the film, the city becomes a re-appropriated soundboard reflecting the rhythm of his life.  

‘Playground’ and the other two films were seeded in over 65 community channels and branded social media spaces, and were distributed Europe-wide via an online hub. The hub also hosts ‘Burn Studios’ – an opportunity for aspiring musicians like Julius to be mentored by established artists such as Cassius and Uffie, and to produce tracks with the Burn Studios Audiotool, a revolutionary cloud-based production studio.

Coca-Cola has credited the integrated programme as having helped them make “a cultural step-change in the way we approach marketing communications.”

CREDITS

‘PLAYGROUND’

Production Company : Exit Films

Director/DOP – Glendyn Ivin

Producer – Allison Lockwood

Exec Producers – Garth Davis and Karen Sproul

Editor – Peter Scriberras at The Butchery

Production Company – Exit Films, Melbourne

Music Supervisor – Karl Richter at Level 2 Music

Sound Mix – Jason Murphy at GAS

Agency : Publicis Mojo, Sydney

Chief Creative Officer – Craig Davis

Executive Creative Director – Micah Walker

Creatives – Ian Williamson, Andrew Ostrom, Ruth Bellotti, Kirsty Gavin

Production – Pip Smart, Corey Esse, Alison Dunlop, Lisa Vermaak

Strategy – Graham Ritchie, Simone Ellis, Will Davie

Digital Strategy & Supervision – Simone Ellis, Will Davie

Client Service – John Flood, Simon Ludowyke