Thursday, August 7, 2008

Shilo's Burma: What good messages are made of



We were brainstorming with a friend from another agency today about how to start a viral campaign ... you know, create the type of communication that mavens and connectors would tip into their networks, who in turn would pass it to the world, cascading us to success while saving the client media money.

And it hit us. Anyone can map out the dynamic of exponential returns. But the seed has to be fertile, an idea so powerful and treatment so riveting that people want to pass it along. Sort of like this.

Brilliant PSA work by filmmaker shop Shilo. Backstory here. Music is Chopin's Nocturne C minor op. 48 no 1 and worthy of your iTunes collection.

1 comments:

Andy 3000 said...

This may sound weird, but I’ve always wanted to buy some Chopin. However, it never occurred to me that I could do it through iTunes. I always assumed I would have to walk into some classical music store and throw myself on the mercy of some snooty clerk (although I'm sure in real life, they would be perfectly charming and eager to help out).

The PSA is nice, but I’m not sure the people of Burma need to be love-bombed with flowers. Maybe I’m being cynical tonight, but it’s like these journos who are shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you! that China hasn’t suddenly turned into a Jeffersonian democracy just because the Olympics start tomorrow.