Wednesday, December 17, 2008

சொதப்பல் அட்வர்டைஸ்மென்ட் 3

With all my lauvv for the advertising agencies and the creative duds that work there, here's an ad for Welhome home accessories / home / linen.

Please read the copies:

"Ab advice denewali Mrs. Advani aapse advice maangegi"

"Ab Salaah denewali Mrs. Salma aapki salaah maangegi"

"Ab tips denewali Mrs. Tipnis aapse tips maangegi"

You don't need to know Hindi to understand the copy. Its an absurd , senseless thought.

Sad, pathetic, terrible - Words fail me. How can one even think of such trash?

The world famous in India agency - Mccann erickson is the brain(less) behind this print ad. How do you think they must've come up with this ad? Here's the one line of the script from the client meeting to the presentation.

Scene 1 /Location: Welhome office/ Time: 11am till 1pm / Day 1

Cast :

From Welspun, the client - VP Marketing, brand manager, junior manager, trainee.

From Mccann erickson, the agency - Creative director with a french beard , Bald Copywriter, pony tailed art director, Servicing director with the brightest lipstick , Senior manager servicing in the shortest skirt possible, junior manager in the shortest top possible, trainee with shorthair and a single green colored plait from nowhere + 4 designation-less idiots to fill the crowd like junior artistes in films.

Shot:

Client briefs the ad agency that they want a kick a$$ idea for their print ad. Deadline - 24 hours.

Scene 2/ Location : Restaurant /Time: 2 - 5pm /Day 1

Agency gumbal gets out of the client's office and heads directly.... to the nearest - most expensive restaurant to fill their stomachs with mutton momos, chicken tikkas, fish fries, parathas, biryanis , couple of desserts . Back in office at 5 pm after a 'tiring' day, the restaurant bill is immediately submitted to the accounts department - "Lunch at XYZ restaurant - brainstorming session for Welspun"
Scene 3 /Location: Mccann erickson - Conference room /Time - 5.30 /Day 1

The team sits down to discuss Welspun - Servicing manager pulls out research , strategy and all kinds of data - hundreds of printouts with meaningless stuff on 'consumer insight'

Scene 3.1/ Location: Mccann erickson - Smoking room/ Time: 5.35-7.35 pm /Day 1

Smoke break - Creative duds discuss Martin Scorcese, Seven Samurai, Irani films, Majid Majidi, Piyush Pandey's moustache, Prasoon Pandey's favourite drink, Balki's black shirt and decides to get back to the conference after this 'mini' break of two hours.

Scene 4 /Location: Mccann erickson - Conference room /Time: 7:40 pm /Day 1

After two hours at the smoking room discussing thought provoking stuff, the team decides to head to the nearest club/ bar / pub to 'ideate' . French beard wants to go to the newly opened X bar... baldy wants to go to Y to check out the chicks. They go to Zanzibarquntilique or a pub with a similar name that you will never be able to pronounce.

Scene 5 /Location: Some pub in posh South Mumbai /Time: 8:30- ardaraathri

Team of 9 idiots and a trainee dance and drink like modakudiyans.

NEXT DAY


Scene 6 /Location: Mccann erickson - conference room /Time: 10 am - DAY 2

Team regroups at the office, discuss last evening's party, chicks, Bombay Times Page 3 and suddenly realize that they have a presentation at 11 at Welspun and they need ideas.

Just then, french beard gets a call from Mrs. Tipnis, his landlady. Ponytail parattai reads a news item in Hindustan Times about Mrs &Mr . Advani celebrating Karwachauth in Delhi. Servicing makku is caught ogling at Salma Hayek's poster in the boss' cabin. Bulb flashes! They quickly write three different copies that read,

"Ab advice denewali Mrs. Advani aapse advice maangegi" , "Ab Salaah denewali Mrs. Salma aapki salaah maangegi" , "Ab tips denewali Mrs. Tipnis aapse tips maangegi"... blah blah blah Welspun.

Scene 7 /Location: Welhome office /Time: 11am till 1pm - Day 2

Its a bigger team from Mccann erickson now at the client presentation - 9 duds from yesterday+ National creative director + National associate creative director + National associate regional creative director + International creative assistant director = Some twenty odd guys beaming with asattu smiles attack the client's office.

The National creative director with his ondrai anaa presentations starts talking about consumer insight, strategy, goals, long-term orientation, genre, 360 degree approach, modern yet traditional housewives, traditional yet modern housewives, Indian values and presents this International idea of Mrs. Tipnis, Advani and Salma....
Scene 7.1 /Location: Welhome office /Time: 1-5 pm - Day 2

The client is impressed since the agency has amazed them with terms like 360 degrees, insight, modern yet traditional and brought out the essence of what the Indian housewife wants today - Welspun!!!!

An elated client orders pizza and beer for all.. The free-a-kudutha-phenyl-kooda-kudikkara- agency makkal drink like modakkudiyans and get back to office to talk about how 'stressed' they are... how 'difficult' the client meeting has been, how 'tiring' the last two days have been...

Dear readers, even you can become a copywriter/ creative director/ national creative director in an ad agency. If you are guy, all you need is a french beard , ponytail , dirty shorts, dirtier t-shirt and you must must talk about Piyush, Prasoon, Irani films, Croatian film festival 24*7. If you are a girl you'll need to wear the shortest skirt possible, sport short hair+piggy tail kind of single coloured plait suspended from nowhere and must must talk about Piyush Pandey's third wife, your ex-boyfriend's current flame and say "Goa trip rocked man!" every five seconds.

Now here's your first lesson in copywriting. Let's help Mccann erickson create more such ads. In Ma.Nannan style, "enge pasangala complete pannunga paakalam?"

"Ab blog karne waali Mrs.Blogeswari bhi.............................

16 Responses:

Nikhil Narayanan said...

Blogeswari,
The tips given to the readers are too good.

Super read!

-Nikhil

Dilip Muralidaran said...

nice read :)

Karthik Sriram said...

Enna kodumai saravanan idhu?

A damn good post after a bit! Touche!!!

The Visitor said...

French beard wants to go to the newly opened X bar... baldy wants to go to Y to check out the chicks

Ah! the typical stereotype.

And that was an excellent example of the most productive and creative output that ad people create.

Hats off to them.

PS: you do produce fairly good copy - describing events as they happen.

முத்துலெட்சுமி/muthuletchumi said...

:)ப்ளாக் கர்னெவாலி ப்ளாக்கேஸ்வரி கமெண்ட் மாங்கேகி..

ambi said...

OMG! i started laughing laughing laughing till this comment section.

U made my day. One of your Besht post i say... :)))

btw, i too can grow french beard and even i can wear shortest skirt (if business needs).. Ethavathu paathu kettu seinga ejamaan :))

Slogan Murugan said...

Well, most advertising is crap. You can replace this with any of the ads in the newspaper, radio or TV. As for the lives of creative people. How I wish it was like you imagined!

Slogan Murugan said...

And you forgot to mention Goa in this post!

GB said...

ROFL :D Now take all this and make the average age of the makkal 103, you get my office.

Slogan Murugan said...

"Ab blog karne waali Mrs.Blogeswari bhi.............................Cannes jayegi

Artnavy said...

OMG

u r just too funny and cynical !

ammani said...

...International idea of Mrs. Tipnis, Advani and Salma....

Please note, one Hindu and one Muslim name. Therefore, Welspun promotes communal harmony, my lord!

buddy said...

hilarious!

Anonymous said...

Software Engineers evlo thevala pola irukke ;)

Roade illama kanaku kaamikra goshtiya irupayngalo

-- MK

Appu said...

intha velaiku eppa enga aal edupanga nu sollunga please

Anonymous said...

'With the Servicing director seen in the brightest lipstick possible, Senior manager servicing in the shortest skirt possible, junior manager in the shortest top possible',... such crappy creatives are definitely possible.
Imagine the client who offered Pizza and Beer to this chunk group without knowing that a hefty bill will follow from the agency with 'n' number of charges, this fee, that fee, photography, assignment, adaptation, artwork and stuff...
If you go with a simple concept note, explain things and present a creative, this loosu clients think that you are a mediocre.
ஆனா நான் எவ்ளோ ட்ரை பண்ணாலும் பிரெஞ்சு beard மட்டும் வளரவே மாட்டேங்குதுப்பா! இஷ்டைல் காமிச்சி கிளையண்ட மடக்கலாம்னா முடியலையே!
ஒரு campaign ஓகே வாங்கறதுக்குள்ள ஊம்பாடு ஏம்பாடு ஆயிபோவுது !