Title | COFFEE VS GANGS |
Brand | MONDELÉZ |
Product/Service | INSTANT COFFEE MANUFACTURER |
Category |
A02. Drinks (Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic) |
Entrant Company
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J. WALTER THOMPSON London, UNITED KINGDOM
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Advertising Agency
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J. WALTER THOMPSON London, UNITED KINGDOM
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Media Agency
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PHD MEDIA London, UNITED KINGDOM
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Production Company
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RSA FILMS London, UNITED KINGDOM
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Credits
Russell Ramsey |
J. Walter Thompson |
Executive Creative Director |
Jaspar Shelbourne |
J. Walter Thompson |
Global Creative Director |
Matt Leach |
J. Walter Thompson |
Creative |
Jess Oudot |
J. Walter Thompson |
Creative |
Lula Boardman |
J. Walter Thompson |
TV Producer |
Neil Godber |
J. Walter Thompson |
Planner |
Helen St Quintin |
J. Walter Thompson |
Planner |
Paul Kirkley |
J. Walter Thompson |
Global Director |
Adrian Ash |
J. Walter Thompson |
Account Manager |
Emma Howarth |
J. Walter Thompson |
Board Account Director |
Patrick Netherton |
J. Walter Thompson |
Account Director |
Caitlin O'Keefe |
J. Walter Thompson |
Account Director |
Angus Flockhart |
J. Walter Thompson |
Account Director |
Sarah Nugent |
PHD Media |
Media Planner |
Rebecca Stafford |
PHD Media |
Media Planner |
Johnny Hardstaff |
RSA |
Director |
Annabel Ridley |
RSA |
Executive Producer |
John Smith |
The Whitehouse |
Editor |
Dan Weinbery |
Greek Street Studios |
Sound Design Arrangement |
Colin Smith/Simon Elms |
Eclectic |
Music |
The Campaign
The film, which features animated tattoos, follows a teenager who is in danger of joining a gang, being brought into Kenco's farming project. Tattoos are synonymous with gang life in Honduras and the animated tattoos are used to symbolise the boy's rejection of this life, in favour of a life in coffee
farming. The beginning of the spot sees the boy cycling through the ghettos of Honduras, he rides past a roadside tribute to a murder victim. On the boy's back, we can see animated tattoos that show a figure being rounded on by a group and killed. The boy then gets off his bike and finds a group of gang members that are trying to recruit him. He resists and decides to choose coffee farming. We then see him on a bus, leaving the clearly troubled area. He disembarks the bus in the countryside where he is seen picking coffee beans along side his tutor. The negative tattoos on the boy's skin have changed to thriving coffee plants. Lastly, the boy is seen partaking in a water fight with a fellow Coffee Vs. Gangs participant.