Brand | AUBMC |
Product/Service | AWARENESS CAMPAIGN |
Entrant | TBWA\RAAD Beirut, LEBANON |
Category | Corporate Social Responsibility |
Idea Creation
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TBWA\RAAD Beirut, LEBANON
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Production
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G. NAHAS FILMS Beirut, LEBANON
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Write a short summary of what happens in the film.
We open on a café in Beirut where people are enjoying their time. Customers are ordering and being served their shisha. Everything seems normal until our smokers take the first puff of their shisha. Suddenly their voices change, sounding like robotic cartoon characters. They immediately question the quality of their shisha and the effect on their voice.
We finally get the explanation, few hours before being served helium was added to their shishas.
We cut back on the customers having fun with their new cartoonish voices.
Finally, the café waiter enters the scene with an iPad and starts playing a video message. At first, we only hear a robotic voice and see the upset reactions on the customers’ faces.
We finally see the person talking, he is a throat cancer survivor, living with a permanent hole in in his throat, encouraging people to stop smoking before it’s too late.
Cultural/Context information for the jury.
Lebanon, a country smoking its way to cancer
In recent years, Lebanon has been ranked third globally for having the most smokers per capita, propelling this tiny country into the top 10 countries when it comes to smoking-related cancer. The Lebanese government has failed to enforce a smoking ban in public places and has received a violent backlash from the hospitality industry, which has pressured politicians to overlook this health crisis.
Shisha is not “really” smoking
While people in Lebanon have come to recognize the dangers of smoking, shisha is ironically seen as an exception. People even mention shisha as a healthier alternative, wrongly believing that this fun, flavoured and water-based social activity is not harmful to their health.
Credits
Walid Kanaan |
TBWA\RAAD |
Chief Creative Officer |
Krix Berberian |
TBWA\RAAD |
Regional Creative Director |
Tracy El Houeiss |
TBWA\RAAD |
Art Director |
Romy Abdelnour |
TBWA\RAAD |
Corporate Communications Director |
Oswaldo Sa |
TBWA\RAAD |
Art Director ACD |
Camilo Rojas |
TBWA\RAAD |
Motion Graphics Designer |
Remie Abdo |
TBWA\RAAD |
Head of Strategy |
Maxime Menant |
TBWA\RAAD |
Planning Manager |
Nour Christidi |
TBWA\RAAD |
Copywriter |
Gilbert Nahas |
G.Nahas Films |
Producer |
Elie Kamal |
Elie Kamal |
Director/DOP |
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