THE UNDUBBED TRUTH

TitleTHE UNDUBBED TRUTH
BrandEQUAL PAY DAY
Product/ServiceEQUAL PAY DAY
Category E02. Interactive Video
Entrant Company MORTIERBRIGADE Brussels, BELGIUM
Advertising Agency MORTIERBRIGADE Brussels, BELGIUM
Production Company CAVIAR London, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Vera Claes Zij-kant Client
Jens Mortier Mortierbrigade Creative Director
Joost Berends Mortierbrigade Creative Director
Philippe De Ceuster Mortierbrigade Creative Director
Vincent D'Halluin Mortierbrigade Strategic Director
Massimo De Pascale Mortierbrigade Creative
François Massinon Mortierbrigade Creative
Charlotte Coddens Mortierbrigade Business Director
Lore Meert Mortierbrigade Agency Producer
Ralf Demesmaeker Caviar Film Director
Ilse Joye Caviar Film Producer
Leslie Verbist Caviar Film Producer
Laurent Lejeune Mortierbrigade Graphic Designer
Wannes Vermeulen Mortierbrigade Creative Developer

Creative Execution

Not much has changed over the last decades. Due to sex stereotyping women are still pushed towards housekeeping, so men can pursue a career. 125 years of evolution… and women still earn 20% less than men. So we used the typical washing powder commercial. Where the missus takes care of the household, with a smile. By pressing a button you can switch to the alternative version. One where you can discover: THE UNDUBBED TRUTH. The images are exactly the same but now we can hear what she's really saying. The campaign invited women to speak up on #speakupepd

The online platform was shared 23.000 times in Belgium alone. It encouraged women and men to put an end to stereotyping, To raise their voice in all media on equal payday And close the wage gap. Equal Pay Day.

The whole idea behind Equal Pay Day is to activate people. The main target are women off course. We wanted to incite them to speak up more often. This campaign gave them the tools to bring their opinion to the attention of politicians and society, by spreading the message through social media. The campaign wanted women to speak up. That's why we developed a concept that played with the codes of advertising, where many gender clichés come from.