BBDO Paris builds up mystery for Mercedes-Benz
BBDO Paris is taking advantage of the New Year to share its new Mercedes-Benz film with us.
To showcase the technological innovation in Mercedes Me services, “The Encounter” tells the story of a group of children who are mysteriously fascinated by their neighbour’s Mercedes.
Far from settling for an effective product demo, the commercial skilfully borrows from the codes of fantasy films from our childhood, with a plot revolving around the E Class Wagon.
 
As with The Investigation in 2015, BBDO Paris’ integrated production team directly produced this new work. 
The film will initially be released online from the end of December.

Film advertisement created by SS+K, United States for NCAA, within the category: Sports.

Experiential advertisement created by BBH, United Kingdom for Virgin Media, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

When it comes to voting, research shows that most voters aren’t actually familiar with each candidate’s political policies and stances. It’s no surprise considering the torrent of clickbaiting and “alternative facts” that circulate around social media and news outlets at large. Therefore we came up with an idea for CNN that will help people to easily learn more about every single candidate (if so they choose) for any given election. At AskTheCandidate.com you will be able to create a private town hall meeting with any candidate of your choice through video chat, allowing for the unique opportunity to ask candidates whatever politically inclined questions you might have. In order to ensure accuracy and honesty, each candidate will actually be an AI bot coded with information sourced from their respective (and fact checked) interviews, debates, social media posts, and political histories. This won 2017 Cannes Future Lions and Bronze - Clio Awards. Digital advertisement created by School of Visual Arts, United States for CNN, within the category: Media.

The best way to express emotions is with words. Sadly, thanks to emoji youngsters don’t know how to write anymore. To counter these yellow smiling balls, we invented Emoji Poetry. We translated emoji into something truly emotional: poetry. All poems were collected on our poetry bot on Messenger. Fighting emoji on their own turf: the smartphone. Digital advertisement created by LDV United, Belgium for Boek.be, within the category: Retail Services.

Trade inspires ideas to travel, drives businesses to grow and enables people to prosper. Trade accounts for roughly 60% of global GDP and it’s the pulse of the global economy. In a series of short films Maersk, the world’s No 1shipping group, salutes the traders. Meet David and Sefa, Emma & Claire. Content advertisement created by Green Cave People, United Kingdom for Maersk, within the category: Professional Services.

Experiential advertisement created by Archer Troy, Mexico for Sony Pictures, within the category: Movies.

Walmart’s free 2-day shipping (with no membership) means college students can afford to have more fun. Naturally, hilarity ensues. Film advertisement created by Saatchi & Saatchi, United States for Walmart, within the category: Retail Services.

Film advertisement created by Africa, Brazil for Valongo International Image Festival, within the category: Recreation, Leisure.

Film advertisement created by la comunidad, Argentina for Verizon, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

Bookfest is the world's biggest second-hand book sale. It raises funds for Lifeline, a crisis counseling hotline. Lifeline Bookfest is quite well known as an event in Australia, with tens of thousands of books on offer. So our job was to remind people about the thrill of the hunt. And do it in a way that awakens the theatre-of-the-mind that comes from reading books - and listening to the radio. Audio advertisement created by BBDO, Australia for Lifeline Bookfest, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

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Save the children releases a picture book that should never have existed. Today, every sixth child lives in a conflict zone, an increase by 75% since the 90's. A fact that the Save the Children Sweden wanted to make decision makers and the general public aware of. So, we made a picture book for the children of war. Not for them to read or use, but for us to understand their world. At first glance the book looked like any other picture book, but we filled the pages with objects that children in conflict zones has to face on a daily basis. Our key insight and the harsh reality is this: people have become too good at turning the blind eye. Showing photos and films where children are suffering just isn't enough anymore. That’s why we focused on creating pictures in people’s head by comparing our kid’s lives with the reality in conflict zones. Film advertisement created by Uncle Unicorn, Sweden for Save the Children Sweden, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

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The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is responsible for issues concerning civil protection and public safety. With this campaign they want people to become more careful when it comes to sharing sensitive information on the Internet. We raised the question: “Why do we share information on the Internet, that we would never share elsewhere." Film advertisement created by Le Bureau, Sweden for Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Film advertisement created by Ampfy, Brazil for Iguatemi, within the category: Retail Services.

Film advertisement created by Heads, Brazil for CCR, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Film advertisement created by Saatchi & Saatchi, Germany for Elanco, within the category: Pets.