2016 Winners & Shortlists

CRUNCH TIMES - CHOCOLATE TABLET

BrandNESTLÉ
Product/ServiceCRUNCH
EntrantJ. WALTER THOMPSON CAIRO, EGYPT
CategoryDirection
Entrant Company J. WALTER THOMPSON CAIRO, EGYPT
Advertising Agency J. WALTER THOMPSON CAIRO, EGYPT
Media Agency ZENITH Cairo, EGYPT
Production Company BIGFOOT FILMS Cairo, EGYPT

The Campaign

The teenage community is commonly bombarded with ever-new buzzwords. Not only that; every group has its own favorite set of buzzwords. The manifestation of Crunch Times has been built around using those obsolete commonly used buzzwords to come to a conclusion that these buzzwords reflect the past times vs the current modern time of Crunch. The story of the ad revolves an exaggerated conversation between an entire classroom, while everyone in the classroom is trying to figure out who's chocolate (Crunch) belongs to. The conversation happens to be a long continuation of those obsolete buzzwords, while everyone of the featured students answers their colleague with one of those buzzwords (and makes fun of the one said before), the owner of Crunch, refuses to participate in that loop, and just sticks to the fact that he is simply looking for his chocolate.

Creative Execution

The trick about this copy was to create an endless sentence that is made up of obsolete slang buzzwords. The concept was to bring 31 teens with different characters and showcase the difference in style one after the other, while comprehension of the concept is not affected. The difference between the setup (the traditional classroom) and the unique character of teens was mandatory to amplify.

Credits

Name Company Role
Salma Hamouda J Walter Thompson Cairo Account Director
Farida El Khatib J Walter Thompson Cairo Senior Account Executive
Eslam Hossam J Walter Thompson Cairo senior copy writer
Mohamed Hammady J Walter Thompson Cairo Executive Creative Director
Maged Nassar - Director
Reem Megahed J Walter Thompson Cairo Head of production
Mayar Makhlouf J Walter Thompson Cairo AV Producer
Begad Omran Bigfoot Films Executive Producer
Nora EL Khatib Bigfoot Films Line Producer
Mohamed Shahin Nestle Egypt Buisness Executive Manager
Omar AboZeid Nestle Egypt Brand Manager
Norhan Khalifa Nestle Egypt Assistant Brand Manager
Rana Mandour Nestle Egypt Assistant Brand Manager
Hebatallah Afifi Nestle Egypt Communications Manager
Diana George J Walter Thompson Cairo Senior Planner
Mai Azmy J Walter Thompson Cairo Managing Director
Ali Ali - Director
Ibrahim Eslam J Walter Thompson Cairo Head of Branding Unit
Pierre Mouarkech - DOP Lighting Cameraman