Title | REVIVING MJ |
Brand | SONY MUSIC JAPAN INTERNATIONAL |
Product / Service | BAD 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (CD&DVD) |
Category | B01. Consumer Products |
Entrant | DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN |
Entrant Company | DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN |
Advertising Agency | DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN |
Name | Company | Position |
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Sukeyasu Mochizuki | Imagica | Mixer |
Minoru Noma | Imagica | Editor |
Shiho Etori | Freelance | Editor |
Kazutaka Sugitani | Airman | Choreographer |
Kazuki Yuzuki | Yuzuki Office | Stylist |
Saburo Hashimoto | Drop | Animator |
Kenji Kubo | Freelance | Art Designer |
Tetsu Moridera | Light Laboratories | Lighting Director |
Masaya Nakahara | Freelance | Photographer |
Sho Yanagisawa | The Directors Guild | Film Director |
Tatsuya Kuwano | Geek Pictures | Producer |
Yuji Ozawa | Geek Pictures | Producer |
Kei Terasaki | Dentsu | Agency Producer |
Ryu Tamogami | Dentsu | Planner |
Takashi Sakuma | Dentsu | Creative Director |
When you think of BAD, you think of its music video. For the BAD 25th Anniversary Edition, we decided that we could generate a huge buzz by producing a new version of that video 25 years later. But sadly, Michael Jackson was no longer with us. How could we recreate a new video without MJ? The idea is "You are Michael Jackson." We printed 1000 designs of T-shirts with images of Michael’s moves, gave them to fans, and invited them to a music video shoot. Along with 1000 fans, the 1000 t-shirts created a flipbook-style animation that recreated MJ’s dance for the video. This project generated a huge buzz on TV and in social media, and sales in Japan reached No.1 worldwide.
Our goal was to reignite a love of Michael in the people's heart and recreate the BAD sensation, 25 years later.
This amazing music video was covered by all TV news media (26) and generated $1 million worth of publicity. It was liked on Michael’s official Facebook page over 20,000 times and showered with comments of praise on social media. Our idea of recreating the late Michael’s dance with his fans was a huge success. By recreating the BAD sensation 25 years later, sales in Japan exceeded targets, pushing it up to No.1 worldwide.
Step 1) We produced 1000 designs of T-shirts printed with Michael’s dance moves. Then we gave them to 1000 fans in a campaign. Step 2) We shipped the shirts to winners along with invitations to a music video shooting event. Step 3) For the BAD 25th music video shoot, we filmed each fan over 27 hours. The 1000 fans and 1000 t-shirts made a new video that recreated Michael’s moves.
Michael Jackson was a very popular in Japan. However, since THIS IS IT, his topics had been reduced. To ensure a successful sale of BAD25 Anniversaly Edition, We needed to reignite a love of Michael in the people's heart.
When you think of BAD, you think of its music video. For the BAD 25th Anniversary Edition, we decided that we could generate a huge buzz by producing a new version of that video 25 years later. But sadly, Michael Jackson was no longer with us. How could we recreate a new video without MJ? Our Idea was “You are Michael Jackson.” We produced 1000 designs of T-shirts printed with Michael’s moves and gave them to fans. As a surprise, we invited the fans to a music video shoot. It took 27 hours. Along with 1000 fans, the 1000 t-shirts created a flipbook-style animation that recreated MJ’s dance for the video.