Title | NO SPOILER HEIST |
Brand | NETFLIX ITALY |
Product/Service | NO SPOILER HEIST |
Category |
C01. Guerrilla Marketing & Stunts |
Entrant
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PUBLICIS ITALY Milan, ITALY
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Idea Creation
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PUBLICIS ITALY Milan, ITALY
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Production
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PARIDEVITALE Milan, ITALY
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Production 2
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GROENLANDIA ROMA, GREENLAND
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Credits
Bruno Bertelli |
Publicis Italy |
Global CCO Publicis WW |
Cristiana Boccassini |
Publicis Italy |
CCO Publicis Italy |
Michele Picci |
Publicis Italy |
Executive Creative Director |
Alessandro Candito |
Publicis Italy |
Creative Director |
Matteo Grandese |
Publicis Italy |
Creative Director |
Andrea Raia |
Publicis Italy |
Senior Art Director |
Matteo Gatto |
Publicis Italy |
Senior Copywriter |
Ilaria Lorenzetti |
Publicis Italy |
Client Service Director |
Dalila Salhi |
Publicis Italy |
Account Director |
Dario Gambera |
Publicis Italy |
Account Manager |
Flaminia Costanzi |
Publicis Italy |
Junior Account |
Andrea Battista |
Publicis Italy |
Data Strategist |
Federico Guidera |
Publicis Italy |
Senior Social Media Manager |
Vittorio Cafiero |
Publicis Italy |
Senior Project Manager |
Ornella Scarparo |
Publicis Italy |
Project Manager |
Francesca Zazzera |
Publicis Italy |
Head of Production |
Erica Lora Lamia |
Publicis Italy |
Producer |
Beatrice Pepe |
Publicis Italy |
Producer |
Paride Vitale |
Paridevitale S.r.l |
Founder & CEO |
Maria Teresa Frezza |
Paridevitale S.r.l |
Event Manager |
Chiara Amendola |
Paridevitale S.r.l |
Digital Pr Manager |
Elisabetta Savoia |
Paridevitale S.r.l |
Event Specialist |
Simone Godano |
Groenlandia |
Director |
Leonardo Godano |
Groenlandia |
Executive Producer |
Cecilia Passa |
Groenlandia |
Producer |
Leonardo Mirabilia |
Groenlandia |
DOP |
Enrico Munarini |
Groenlandia |
Editor |
Why is this work relevant for Brand Experience & Activation?
No Spoiler Heist tackled the spoilers issue by immersing fans in the iconicity of La Casa de Papel: a Netflix’s fan favorite series that tells the story of modern era Robin Hoods, no stranger to spectacular heists. We dealt with spoiler makers just as the characters would do: we lured them in a stunt that turned out to be a full La Casa de Papel experience, involving original cast members, their local voice actors and an immersive set design. All to state of Netflix most felt credos: stories reach you better if they can take you by surprise.
Background
Netflix always strives to bring the most memorable stories and the best viewing experience to its fans. That’s why the brand takes spoilers personally: they ruin the excitement and the hype people have towards a show or movie. And the more a TV show is filled with exciting plot twists, just like the past four seasons of Netflix highly anticipated hit La Casa de Papel have been, the higher the possibilities for them to be spoiled.
Now, with only one season left in the tank, our goal was to protect fans of La Casa de Papel from spoilers to make sure their viewing experience was the smoothest possible.
Describe the creative idea (20% of vote)
We kept potential spoiler makers away from the Internet, by luring them into the only place they were forced to stay offline: on a scheduled flight that took off at the same time of the release of the last season of La Casa de Papel. Giving a truce from spoilers to millions of fans at home, at least for 5 hours. An unexpected stunt that took fans by surprise, just as the characters from the series, who are no stranger to spectacular heists and complex plans, would have done.
Describe the strategy (20% of vote)
Data told us that everybody hates spoilers. But despite this, 27% of viewers think it’s acceptable to discuss major plot twists on Socials immediately after a series has been released. What’s even worse is that as much as 12.5% of the whole conversation about a series that will ever happen online occurs in the first five hours after a show gets released… And is made up almost entirely by spoilers.
These numbers helped us come up with a precise plan: to stop spoilers, we had to lure spoiler makers out and keep them away from the Internet during the first, crucial hours from the release of the show.
Describe the execution (30% of vote)
A month before the release of the last season of La Casa de Papel, we tracked down those who spoiled the show in the past and offered them an exclusive screening of the last season in Madrid. A bait they couldn’t resist.
We booked for them all the seats of a scheduled flight, taking off at the same time of the release of the series on Netflix.
Everything, from check-in desks to the plane livery and the crew’s uniforms was customized to convince them they were part of an exclusive experience for the most hardcore fans.
But once in the air, they discovered they were about to watch the show right on the plane. The only place where their smartphones had to stay disconnected from the Internet.
The flight lasted 5 hours, giving fans at home a truce from spoilers during the most crucial hours after the show’s release.
List the results (30% of vote)
The exposure gained by our plan against spoilers resulted in an astounding 24 million views of the final content and an international coverage by the main news outlets. The content went viral on TikTok, an achievement made possible also thanks to the involvement of original cast member Darko Peric.
But the most important result was that we took away a potential reach of more than 7 million from the hands of spoiler makers in the first hours after the last installment of La Casa de Papel was released.