We launched the campaign with a mini-documentary of six-year-old Billy Lee, the world’s first advertising child prodigy with an IQ of 207. The online video shows his life, his inspirations, and his genius – leading viewers to the official Crowbar Awards website, which incidentally, has been transformed to his personal online shrine. There, students can join a fan-club full of top creative directors, bribe him from joining the Crowbars by offering him gifts or pledges, and even buy his rejected ideas on Ebay (for $1500). The organisers also followed up with a press release, announcing this year’s competition as a foregone conclusion. The campaign also created to unprecedented online chatter that includes a blogger’s plot to assassinate the precocious child prodigy. The big idea? “Beat Billy. They’re getting younger and better.”
Contributors:
Executive Creative Director: | Victor Ng |
Copywriter: | Victor Ng |
Art Director: | Jon Loke |
Interactive Art Directors: | Robert Upton, Brian Leong |
Editor: | Yong (VHQ) |
Film Director : | Ellery Ngiam (The Shooting Gallery) |
Sound Engineer: | Stuart Newman (Yellowbox Studios) |
Retouching: | Lay Leng (Procolor) |
EURO RSCG SINGAPORE
Location: Singapore