Audi is asking Canadians to re-write cinematic classics in 140 characters or less as part of an online ad campaign from Lowe Roche that promotes the efficiency of the new 2010 A3 TDI model.
While banner ads direct online users to EfficientFilms.ca–where they can add their own synopsis of their favourite movie–Geoffrey Roche, chief creative officer at Lowe Roche, said the effort is also spreading virally.
“We’re getting lots of hits,” the majority of which are favourable, he said. However, one car blogger complained that the campaign is “ruining movies,” laughed Roche.
“There will always be one or two [critics] like that,” he said.
Here are a few samples from the site:
•Airplane: An ex-pilot with a drinking problem gets on a plane. The crew falls ill. Surely he can land it. But don’t call him Shirley.
• Avatar: Humans try to obtain Unobtainium. Unsurprisingly, they don’t get any.
• The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy learns why girls love shoes.
• Groundhog Day: Bill Murray wakes up. Bill Murray wakes up. Bill Murray wakes up. Bill Murray wakes up.
The campaign “takes advantage of Twitter and forces people to tell a story in 140 characters,” said Roche.
The Audi A3 TDI is incredibly efficient and “our campaign duplicates that approach to efficiency by allowing people to have fun while practicing being efficient,” he said.
