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TO DELAY MEANS TO KILL

TitleTO DELAY MEANS TO KILL
BrandLIZAALERT
Product/ServiceSEARCH FOR MISSING PEOPLE
Category A05. USE OF AMBIENT MEDIA: LARGE SCALE
Entrant Company TWIGA Moscow, RUSSIA
Advertising Agency TWIGA Moscow, RUSSIA
Production Company STREET ART Ekaterinburg, RUSSIA
Credits
Name Company Position
Michael Elagin TWIGA Creative Director
Nikita Petrusev TWIGA Strategic Planner
Alexander Smirnov TWIGA Art Director
Grant Abovyan TWIGA Art Director
Vardan Martirosyan TWIGA Agency Producer
Sophya Gelman TWIGA Pr Director
Tatyana Volkova TWIGA Graphic Designer
Nino Purtseladze TWIGA Account Manager
Alyona Bylbas TWIGA Media Manager
Andrei Kosirev EGOPRO Sound Engineer
George Watts EGOPRO Аnnouncer

Results and Effectiveness

“To delay means to kill” monument was seen by more than 500 000 people. I has shocked people and publicity exploded: more than 27 mln. people reached. Number of timely calls increased by 50%, that almost doubled the number of people found being alive. At last, the Russian Parliament is examining a bill binding the police to begin an active search within three hours after a person has been declared missing.

Creative Execution

We’ve made a special outdoor monument in the center of Moscow. 4 meters high sand clocks with earth in the upper side and a vinyl girl under it. Earth began to pour over the head of a child. Within 3 days the girl was buried 50%.

Insights, Strategy and the Idea

Since Soviet times people wait to report a missing person until the third day! However, a 3 day delay means 50% of missing people will die. Solution: Make people experience the shocking truth: to delay means to kill.