| Title | THE STRANGER |
| Brand | TV 2 DENMARK |
| Product/Service | DOCUMENTARY: A STRANGER MOVES IN |
| Category |
A03. Casting |
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Entrant
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TV 2 DENMARK Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Idea Creation
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TV 2 DENMARK Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Media Placement
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TV 2 DENMARK Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Production
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TV 2 DENMARK Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Credits
| Thomas Helt Pedersen |
TV 2 Denmark |
Creative Concept Developer |
| Kristian Vestergaard |
TV 2 Denmark |
Creative Concept Developer |
| Thomas Birk |
TV 2 Denmark |
Creative Concept Developer |
| Vicky Wassmann Dahi |
TV 2 Denmark |
Head of Branding |
| Kasper Adsbøll |
TV 2 Denmark |
Campaign Manager |
| Helle Jensen |
TV 2 Denmark |
Head of Production |
| Kristian Vestergaard |
TV 2 Denmark |
Creative Concept Developer |
| Christina Vanessa Lauridsen |
TV 2 Denmark |
Producer |
| Betine Knudsen Sauer |
TV 2 Denmark |
Project Manager |
| Jacob Weinreich |
TV 2 Denmark |
CMO |
Tell the jury about the casting process.
Six girls were casted to go on a blind date with "Casper". However we casted not only one “Casper” but three one him. The three guys looked similar – but were not lookallikes – however we dressed all the "Caspers" in the same outfit.
Write a short summary of what happens in the film
We meet six girls - all of them going on a date each with the same guy; Casper.
The girls think they are going on a date with one man called “Casper”. However he is played by three different men – in the same date.
None of them noticed that the guy in front of them changed during their date. Not until we asked them which one of the Caspers they liked the best.
This highlighted the whole point – and the story about the real Casper and his scamming in the programme which we wanted to promote.
Cultural/Context information for the jury
”The Stranger” is a fictional documentary about one of the biggest romance scammers in Danish history. It is a story about Amanda and how convincingly she got fooled and tricked to believe in a relationship, by a man called Casper who pretended to be someone he was not.
To promote the documentary, we decided to do some scamming ourselves: To see how easy it is to be fooled and tricked by a stranger. We wanted to put the experiment on social media to let people follow the whole thing - and to ask them if they would be fooled? And in the end make them more curious about our documentary and more likely to watch it.