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Ramadan 2010 - Day 11 Commercials Critique
Morning peeps, hope you had a chilled weekend!
Its funny I was apoligising a couple of days ago for a short post and complaining that there aren't enough ads on Youtube... Well, I got my wish granted, so this one is going to be quite a rich one..
So.... Lets dig right into it...
1. Chevrolet Aveo:
The FP7 team make it again with one fantastic ad... beautiful, just beautiful!
Its funny, witty, insightful and pointing out the major benefits of the car.. apart from a couple of clichés that are usually present within any other car ad (throwing away ur living room because the car is more comfortable, And taking ur kid's entire scouts squad in the car because its so spacious).. but thats fine, I still like it...
The target of this ad has been identified beautifully, young people who are still kicking off a career, open to life and are very ambitious (hell, the guy in the ad is called Mr.Tamoo7, the literal translation of "ambitious").
Also, I absolutely adore the attention to detail this team has put into the copy, the amount of details in this ad is unbelievable.. the kids wearing easter bunnies and his wife coloring an egg while the VO says (Shamm el Nessim), the Hamsa hands on the wall and the colleagues actually smoking "beysheeto" while they're saying that people will get jealous.... and a lot more
Its a combination of little things that make this copy stand out and shout "This team have done their homework"
Two thumbs up..
Grade: A
PS: Its also worth saying that the Tamr Hindi (Tamarind) tree originally grew in tropical Africa (Cameroon, Sudan, Tanzania and Nigeria).. India just happens to be the world's biggest producer... So it didnt even turn out to be an Indian drink afterall!
But the question here is when did the whole positioning of Birelle become associated with "Manhood"?
PS: Its worth mentioning however, that its the kind of ad that would either be LOVED or completely HATED by people... its THAT extreme!
I've already been getting some mixed-emotional feedback about this particular copy!
But I personally like it! :)
A couple of quick endnotes here:
1. Our audience is not stupid:
The Egyptian consumer in particular has seen this industry evolve over the past 30 years, and knows how to analyse, believe or not to believe these ads.. So Egyptians are ad critics themselves, each and every one of them.. So although we still see some sub-par TVC (Ex: 0900XXXX competitions), but generally the ad scene in Egypt is picking up big time.
2. Where are all the Food commercials in Ramadan?
This was an observation from someone who does not work in the field, but indeed its a point well taken.. We are not seeing a lot of Ghee, Oil, Sugar and grade-2 & 3 products on TV.
I believe this is attributed to the high competition of TV stations over the past 2-3 years with the launch of the likes of Al Hayat Group, Panorama Group, Modern Group....etc.
This created a lot of fragmentation of viewership, thus you cannot reach most of your target audience using only one channel like you used to do before (ETV CH1 and CH2 and that was it)..
Now ad placement is becoming more complicated and costly, something that only Multinationals or strong local clients can accommodate.
Till we meet next time,
Cheers
3omda
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2 comments:
well i agree with ur comment on mirinda ad but : linking to something- making sense are characterisitcs of well educated and logical communities ( and this is not the majority of population) specially that we are talking about the consuming part of the community.
about stereotyping , its all over our community myfrnd.
Very nice posts man, really to the bone ;)The Sprite one is not bad, the effort should be commended! but I think they could have done WAY better on the skits though. Couldn't agree more with the Birelle bit... I noticed the positioning change a while a go and I was like...wow that's quite a rift!! A complete change in target!
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