by Ad Feature. One Hero and one Zero bad enough for two this week, and a chat with Liquorice creative director, Terri-Anne de Sousa, and Marmite executive, Erna George, about the Marmite #GetItRight social media campaign which has been keeping the brand top-of-mind since #BattleOfTheSpreads, thanks to a strong JWT concept and some great content-creation strategies from Liquorice.
For the Wall of Fame or Shame:
- In keeping with current James Bond hype, Jacob Moshokoa awards the new SONY Experia Z5 TVC Hero-status. The 60-second “Made for Bond” ad sees Naomie Harris reprise her Miss Moneypenny role in an action-heavy global ad by Adam & Eve/DDB.
- Emojis often inject some much-needed emotion into texting — they’ve even become such a part of today’s culture that iOS supports over 1 300 of them! While the Oxford Dictionary has declared a specific emoji as its word of the year for 2015, Andy Rice really doesn’t like MTN’s latest ad using them… giving the work “Laughy — with love from MTN” a big, fat Zero.
Enjoy the show!
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