Cannes Lions
J. WALTER THOMPSON NEW YORK, New York / VICE / 2017
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Description
- During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, we educated men and urged them to get a exams by creating an ad they would watch until the very end.
- Focusing on mobile-only, served to men-only, this skippable video simultaneously engaged the audience, played to their sense of humor and presented them surprising facts on the topic of prostate screenings.
- We had an actor drop his pants and ask the viewer to put their finger “up there.”
- Not only because it is funny, but to mimic the simplicity of an actual prostate exam.
- We took advantage of the native user experience of the skip button and made it optically “unskippable” based on the strategic placement of the button on our actor’s bare behind.
- This was furthered by our use of mobile, naturally engaging the viewer’s actual finger.
Execution
- The film ran during September 2016, Prostate Cancer Awareness month.
- Skippable, mobile-only, pre-roll on the Vice Media app.
Outcome
- 69% of viewers watched the video until the end
- Compared to the 35% average
- 100% of viewers were disgusted in some way, shape, or form
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