HILL+KNOWLTON STRATEGIES AMSTERDAM Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Media Placement 4
DIGINED Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Production
N=5 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Production 2
SUPERHERO CHEESECAKE Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Production 3
PUPKIN FILM Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Credits
Name
Company
Position
Thijs Bontje
N=5
creative
Daniel te Lindert
N=5
creative
Olaf van der Geld
N=5
creative
Jan Jesse Bakker
N=5
interactive designer
Anthony Goodwin
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interactive designer
Renoud Netjes
N=5
motion graphics designer
Silvia van Hooft
N=5
strategy director
Bastiaan Weers
N=5
strategy director
Ralph Balk
N=5
Account Director
Dewi van der Kolk
N=5
account manager
Anouk Zink
N=5
client service director
Tisha Hoppenbrouwers
N=5
producer
Jasper Baartmans
N=5
innovation director
Monique Neuteboom
N=5
RTV producer
Jordy van den Boom
N=5
ux
Lars Noback
N=5
Photographer
Taco Arts
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Editor
Giancarlo Sanchez
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director (film)
Thijmen Doornik
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Cameraman
Roel van 't Hoff
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Cameraman
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The Ambassadors
Sound Studio
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Soundcircus
Sound Studio
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Big Orange
Sound Studio
The Campaign
Evert_45: a boy who tells his story on social media, from 1945
What better way to engage young people and show them that our freedom is our most valuable asset. During national liberation celebrations in the Netherlands this May, Evert_45 did just that. Evert_45 is an immersive campaign played out as an ongoing series on Instagram, YouTube and on the website evert45.com. Evert’s war story is an account of his journey to find his brother in hiding after escaping a German labor camp. The narrative of the online campaign was carefully crafted from numerous insightful interviews with World War II veterans, as well as historians and teachers. It is in fact the end result of a Dutch newspaper article entitled ‘It’s up to you to keep this story alive’ featuring interviews with elderly resistance fighters.
Creative Execution
Real historical stories
Even though the character Evert_45 is fictional, his story was based on true stories of ordinary Dutch people from the Second World War. Historical accuracy was safeguarded by historian Dr. J. Rosendaal. And during development it was tested by experts and stakeholders (e.g. veterans, teachers, National Committee for 4 and 5 May, and the Dutch Resistance Museum).
Content = king
The content of Evert_45 can be found on his own YouTube and Instagram channels. The media consumption of young people was used to determine the frequency, duration and location of the content. It was aligned with the way they would view content from ‘normal’ vloggers. Thanks to an overwhelming response in both volume and interaction among young people, teachers across the Netherlands are embracing this new way of exploring history and Evert_45.com is due to be included on the Dutch school curriculum as of 2018.