Title | KAFKA |
Brand | VRT |
Product/Service | RADIO 1 |
Category |
F01. Integrated Campaign led by Promo & Activation |
Entrant
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MORTIERBRIGADE Brussels, BELGIUM
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Idea Creation
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MORTIERBRIGADE Brussels, BELGIUM
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Media Placement
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VRT Brussels, BELGIUM
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Production
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VRT Brussels, BELGIUM
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Production 2
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CZAR Brussels, BELGIUM
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Credits
Jens Mortier |
mortierbrigade |
Creative Director |
Joost Berends |
mortierbrigade |
Creative Director |
Philippe De Ceuster |
mortierbrigade |
Creative Director |
Charlotte Coddens |
mortierbrigade |
Head of Production |
Lies Bernaer |
mortierbrigade |
Agency Producer |
Jesse Van Gysel |
mortierbrigade |
Copywriter |
Yana Gestels |
mortierbrigade |
Art Director |
Wouter Bouvijn |
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Director |
The Campaign
Cut the Kafka is a show on Belgian radio station Radio 1, about kafkaesque regulations. To announce it, we used what a lot of people have to go through: stupid procedures and being sent from pillar to post. Every separate medium led you to another. A tv commercial sent you to a website. On that website, you were told that you had to call a phone number. That phone number led to the radio commercial. The radio commercial led you the next radio commercial. Which eventually led you to the next tv commercial, where you could find out that the show was on every day, from 9 until 10. As it always has been.
Campaign Success
In our campaign we used what a lot of people have to go through: stupid procedures, and being sent from pillar to post We applied quite some mediacreativity. Every separate medium led you to another to get the info on the program. A tv
commercial sent you to a website Which then led you to the RIGHT website. There, you were told that you had to call a phone number. On that number people heard a message saying that they had to listen to the radiocommercial. That radiocommercial sent you to the next commercial break on the radio. We added some random confusing banners. And eventually you were sent to the next TV commercial.
Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results
Cut the Kafka became one of the most listened to shows on Radio 1. The success of the show even led to a special meeting amongst Belgium’s top politicians to discuss their kafkaesque regulations and to try and find a solution to the problem.
Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service
To announce Cut the Kafka, we didn’t just make a tv, radio or print commercial. All of the media were linked, sending the consumer on a journey through our campaign. This means that as a consumer you could decide for yourself how far you wanted to go in our kafkaesque maze. Being teased a little bit further with every new medium you encountered.
Belgium is a country with 3 official languages and 6 governments. All of which have their own laws and regulations. So, it’s no surprise that Belgians encounter kafkaesque situations a lot more than they would like. Yet, they still see the humour of it all. Like when they celebrated becoming record holder of “longest time without a government” in 2011. That’s why we decided to implement a strategy that contained elements of kafkaesque regulations, because every Belgian would be able to relate to them, without being too annoyed.