Cannes Lions Advertising Festival

This morning, I attended the Inside the Jury for Innovations. I found this session interesting because Google won Grand Prix for something that was already done. ChaCha was a search engine where you were able to text a question and receive the answer through SMS. However the judges chose Google for most innovative? I just want to know if the judges did their research before picking a winner. I then attended the Covergirl panel on Can We Redefine Femininity with Creativity? I thought that the moderator asked some really great questions on the beauty industry and how marketers have the power to transform the original standard of beauty to a more inclusive one. Before, men were the CEOs and marketers for female beauty products. That explains why the ads before were very shallow and it made the models out to only care about beauty and looking good for men. But now, insight shows that women apply makeup to build confidence and have fun. Covergirl also is the first to start including women

3AM FEEDING BBDO NEW YORK CAMPBELL’S A new mother wakes up in the middle of the night to find her newborn babies and husband are with Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Zuechly. The ad is humorous and fun, which is perfect for the Campbell’s brand. This is an information on the Campbell’s Chunky Max line of soup. I really like how they partnered with the Carolina Panthers. I am assuming the target market involves dads who don’t have time to cook and love football. Their problem is that they need more energy throughout the day so Chunky Maxx’s 40% more meat is the answer to their prayers. I think this advertisement is effective because they incorporated two things a lot of people like. Campbell’s and Football. I would recommend the ad to talk more about the ingredients that go into the chowder. By adding in this imagery, it would make people more prone to trying a new recipe.

Hope SRA RUSHMORE, Madrid International Committee of the Red Cross This Red Cross advertisement tells a story of a father rushing to the hospital in a war torn country to save his young daughter, who has indirectly become a victim of this type of attack. The ad is filmed in a way to look it is in the perspective of another person. The camera is a little shaky to emphasize that he is in a panic rushing to the hospital. The camera then moves back and forth to the father and to the daughter. It mimics someone’s perspective as they look to each person. They want you to feel like you are sitting right there witnessing all this go down. I would hypothesize that this is to show the authenticity of the story and to increase its effectiveness. This appeals to emotion and is meant to make one feel sympathy for the family. As the daughter proceeds to pass out from losing blood, the dad’s voice starts to muffle in the background and the music starts playing. The music builds up to the poin

This morning, I attended the Jason Kreher event in front of the Palais. Jason is a UGA alumni who is currently working for Weiden + Kennedy as a creative. He revealed that the key to getting into the ad industry has less to do with your networking ability and more to do with your path. Employers look for someone who is doing what they’re passionate about even if it’s blogging or being an influencer. That encourages me because I’ve been interning to a nonprofit as their communications strategist and I hope this will lead me to more opportunities in the future. He also mentioned that the award winners at Cannes don’t ever set out to make award winning ads. Their primary goal is to do what is best to their clients. Awards also help younger teams gain some negotiating power. After this, I went to the basement in Palais 1 and spent some time watching advertisements. Then I went to the Unknown Soldier discussion where they talked about how marketers can use the same practices that movie ma

Moments Foreman & Bodenfors, Gothenburg  VOLVO CARS This Volvo Cars commercial tells a story where two lives become parallel. It involves a dialogue a mother has with her daughter about her future dreams and aspirations. The young girl talks about how she wishes to make long term friendships, have a good education, travel the world, get into a relationship, and start a family. As she is walking to her first day of school, a women who is running late for work in a Volvo car, almost hits the young girl. But thanks to the front sensor of the car, the Volvo automatically stops and doesn’t harm the child at all. This commercial was effective because it involved a storytelling narrative that had an emotional appeal. The way it was shot and the way it incorporated some common dreams a lot of people share (traveling, making friends, falling in love) it allowed the audience to feel attached to the young character and feel the same feelings she was feeling. So when the car almost

In the Conan & Shaq talk, these influencers and entrepreneurs share their stories and how marketers can use the same practices to keep people coming back for more. Both Conan and Shaq see themselves as selling their personality. They try their best to be true to themselves and their brand. Although they have a marketing team, they are not being told who to be. In recent events they have been working with cultural collision projects such as filming Haiti and giving the country a voice in American television after Trump’s statement. I love this piece because Conan went to another culture and connected with them on a human level at perfect timing for what was happening back home. Consumers have a preference for brands and influencers who are the most authentic. Even if they are promoting an ad, it has to have a human connection.  In my next event, I saw  How to be Human. It revealed tips on how to approach clients in a pitch. We have to realize that clients are human too. They want