TRASH POOL

TitleTRASH POOL
BrandSEA SHEPERD
Product / ServiceCHARITY / NGO DEFENDING OCEAN WILDLIFE WORLDWIDE
CategoryF02. Low Budget Campaign
EntrantFRED & FARID SHANGHAI, CHINA
Idea Creation FRED & FARID SHANGHAI, CHINA
Media FRED & FARID SHANGHAI, CHINA
PR FRED & FARID SHANGHAI, CHINA
Production FRED & FARID SHANGHAI, CHINA
Contributing SEA SHEPHERD Alexandria, USA

Credits

Name Company Position
Adrien Goris FRED & FARID Copywriter
Adrien Goris FRED & FARID Copywriter
Adrien Goris FRED & FARID Art Director
Issy Zheng FRED & FARID Art Director
Guillaume Leroux FRED & FARID Brand strategist
Patrice Chatelus FRED & FARID Director
William Mazaud FRED & FARID Director
Guillaume Leroux FRED & FARID Agency supervisor
Solene Marce FRED & FARID Agency supervisor
Alex Cornelissen Sea Sheperd Brand supervisor
Michelle Mossfield Sea Sheperd Brand supervisor
Nelli Huie Sea Sheperd Brand supervisor
Fred & Farid FRED & FARID Chief creative officers
Karim Naceur FRED & FARID Agency producer
Leo Copet FRED & FARID Music supervisor
Fred & Farid FRED & FARID Agency supervisor
Feng Huang FRED & FARID Executive Creative Director

The Campaign

Out of sight, out of mind: even if people know about the fact every year billions of pieces of plastic trash are thrown away, it still does not impact their daily life. It’s too far away, and that’s a problem. So we brought the problem to a local swimming pool, for the Earth Day, on April 22, 2016. Faced with the option of swimming in a pool full of plastic pollution, most people would choose not to enter the water. However, this is not an option extended to the many marine creatures who are forced to live in this kind of pollution everyday.

The Brief

Less than 10K all the production has been made by our agency

Creative Execution

Implementation: The stunt happened for the Earth Day, on April 22, at the swimming pool Georges Hermant (19th arrondissement, Paris); thanks to the help of Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, supporting the initiative of Sea Shepherd Global. Timeline: For the Earth Day, on April 22, 2016 - The film has been released online the week after. Placement: Only one swimming pool in Paris for the stunt, Youtube & Facebook for the online video. Scale: Local for the stunt, global for the online video.

Results

No one entered in the water to swim, over ten thousands pieces of plastic trash used for the swimming pool, millions of people reached online, increased donations & enrollment.

Sea Shepherd directly influenced ongoing consumer behaviour via Trashpool: Faced with the option of swimming in a pool full of plastic pollution, everyone chose not to enter the water. However, this is not an option extended to the many marine creatures who are forced to live in this kind of pollution everyday.

Data gathering: One million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic in our oceans. Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times. Target: Everyone should feel concerned about what’s happening in our oceans; plastic pollution is a massive issue endangering ocean wildlife. Relevance: We produced a stunt as a material for a social film; Youtube & Facebook are now a decade old, they are mainstream enough to have a broad demographic reach and so fill our objectives. Approach: For the Earth Day, on April 22, we shot Trashpool; a simple stunt inside a swimming pool (of course, supporting the initiative) with real people. Then our approach was to quickly edit the film and launch it on social media & video platforms (mainly Youtube & Facebook). Call to action: Donate to Sea Shepherd, or enroll and help for change

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