MENTAL MOVIE

TitleMENTAL MOVIE
BrandVAATA FILMI
Product/ServiceHORROR COMEDY FILM
Category A04. Use of Outdoor
Entrant Company NEWTON MARKETING Tallinn, ESTONIA
Advertising Agency NEWTON MARKETING Tallinn, ESTONIA
Credits
Name Company Position
Madis Ots Newton Creative Director
Madis Ots Newton Copywriter
Mihkel Mäemat Newton Designer
Rivo Räim Newton Account Executive
Ivo Kallasmaa Dalton Public Relations
Maikki Mõtlep Mediabroker Media

Brief Explanation

“Tusk” is a movie with a truly sick storyline - a maniac wants to surgically transform a young podcaster into a walrus. As it was very much a niche movie, expectations regarding the box office were low, as was the budget - a nearly non-existent 1500 € in total. Maximising the amount of earned media was therefore essential.

Results and Effectiveness

Within a couple of days the ad made the news over a dozen times, amplified by immense attention and support by social media. Thus the slim budget was virtually multiplied and the single ad and the niche movie became ‘talk of the day’ across the country.

Creative Execution

We had only one shot with only one billboard. A busy street on the corner of the best-known psychiatric hospital in the country was the perfect site and an ideal match for the creative idea - a celebrity psychiatrist giving the movie a spot on diagnosis, “A truly mental movie”.

Insights, Strategy and the Idea

Estonia is a country with a population of only 1,3 million. When we subtract those who don’t go to the movies at all and those who do but aren’t horror fans, we’re left with a microscopic target audience of 15-30-year-olds with a very particular taste. As a result, super precise targeting was of vital importance.