Diet Coke

Once upon a time Diet Coke ads could be counted on to contain sexy half naked men and that was about it. While I personally never had a problem with that, it was decided that Diet Coke needed a fresh kind of campaign in 2009. Specifically, the brief was to push the DC brand into the area of fashion. To achieve this, we steered away from a classic above the line campaign. Instead, we worked with experiential marketers Naked to create the Diet Coke Little Black Dress campaign.

This campaign was based around a visual link between the Diet Coke bottle and the shape of the classic 'LBD'. Both are dark, sleek and shapely - and essential for every chick to own! Starting with a series of posters, we introduced this idea using a range of fashion sketches done by designers such as Alex Perry, Willow and Alice McCall. This led up to an actual Diet Coke Little Black Dress show at Australian Fashion Week. Sponsored by Diet Coke, this showcased a range of LBDs done by selected Australian designers. Each designer put their own little twist on the LBD, and the models walked down a runway through DC bottle-shaped archways. Overall it was a different way 'in' to fashion, and gave the brand a strong presence in this arena which they will continue to build on.

Diet Coke 'Little Black Dress' Campaign from Emma Den-Ouden on Vimeo.

Diet Coke 'Little Black Dress' Show Highlights from Emma Den-Ouden on Vimeo.

Client: Coca Cola Australia
Agency: Ogilvy Sydney/Naked
Writer: Emma Den-Ouden
Art Director: Aaron Vella
Event Creative Director: Jonathan Pease
Creative Group Head: Boris Garelja

Cerebral Palsy

One of the jobs I have been luckiest to ever work on was a recent short film for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. The purpose of this film was to give viewers a glimpse into what life is like for families living with cerebral palsy, and help raise funds for therapy services and research.

We felt that this subject wasn't one to be trivialised, and it was really important to me to convey the message in a way that was honest, sensitive and respectful. So instead of trying to write something (and risking it becoming contrived) I decided to take an organic, doco-style approach.

With this film, we told the story of Lia and her family. Lia is an identical twin - but while she was born with cerebral palsy, her brother Andrew was not. These twins and their parents are the most amazing family I think I have ever met. Getting to know them, and creating a film that shows the grace and strength with which they manage Lia's cerebral palsy, is something I am proud to have done. The film is shown at fundraising events and so far has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hopefully it will continue to do so.

Lia's Story from Emma Den-Ouden on Vimeo.

Client: Cerebral Palsy / The Spastic Centre
Agency: LOUD Sydney
Creative: Emma Den-Ouden
Director: Tom Spark
Producer: Caroline David
Production Company: Flying Fish

Australian Hearing

Australian Hearing needed a new brand campaign to communicate what they could offer to people with hearing loss. This was a nice opportunity but not as straight forward as it seems. Not only is hearing loss a sensitive subject, the demographic who typically suffer from it are 60 years plus. Obviously our campaign had to appeal to, and be easily understood by, this audience without offending or patronising them... which meant walking a pretty fine line. We ended up working off a very simple insight everyone could relate to - the fact that over time hearing 'fades'. A visual fading device was used to represent how this happens so gradually, people may not even realise. These had to work for all different multicultural audiences too, hence the translations (sadly I don't actually speak vietnamese!).







Client: Australian Hearing
Agency: LOUD Sydney
Writer: Emma Den-Ouden
Art Director: Artur Weber
Creative Director: Joe Van Trump
Photographer: David Knight
Post Production: Cave

Volvo XC90 Diesel

Volvo was launching a new model of one of their existing cars – the XC90 Diesel. It was the diesel-run aspect that made this car different from competitors, so that’s what the client wanted to focus on. The ‘evolution’ idea came from the fact that this car is a new evolution of an existing model, and idea of using a botanical style book gave us a way of getting in all the car’s features without it feeling like a normal car ad. We developed TV, print and collateral under this umbrella idea.

Volvo XC90 Diesel TVC from Emma Den-Ouden on Vimeo.

Client: Volvo
Agency: Euro RSCG
Writer: Emma Den-Ouden
Art Director: Patrycja Lukjanow
Creative Director: Dale Rhodes
Animator: Scotty Wilcox

Purina One

Purina One sits at the very top of Purina's pet food range. It's a really premium product, which was what we had to convey through these ads. While we had to stick to a celebrity endorsed testimonial campaign, we had fun thinking of a range of celebrities who might be a good fit. We ended up with four great personalities, all of whom are super high achievers in their various fields - from sport to hospitality. Most importantly they all had much loved pets and could give us a genuine endorsement. We shot the celebs with their pets in studio and interviewed each one to get a sense of their story (so I could write in their voices in a vaguely believable way!). Great fun to work on, and very successful in driving sales.









Client: Purina
Agency: Ogilvy Sydney
Writer: Emma Den-Ouden
Art Director: Lani Devine
Creative Group Head: Jo Sellars
Photographer: Danny Eastwood

Tourism NSW - Vivacity

Tourism NSW needed to develop a stand-out campaign to celebrate a series of events taking place throughout Summer. We named the festival Vivacity, and were lucky enough to have Juli Baller shoot our key image - a fantastical montage that represented all the types of entertainment this festival offered. The campaign had retail and brand components, and also included an interactive website.



Client: Tourism NSW
Agency: Ogilvy Sydney
Writers: Emma Den-Ouden and Jo Sellars
Art Directors: Lani Devine and Peter McDowell
Creative Group Head: Jo Sellars

Sassi

A new deodorant for teenage girls, Sassi, was launched with a really visual campaign that embodied the freedom you feel wearing it. Instead of a usual ad-style ad (which teenagers often disregard) we took a more subtle approach with a combination of illustration and photography, which linked to the pack design. The url 'get sassi' worked as a call to action, and led to a dedicated sassi site which had a range of wallpapers and icons for girls to download. We also used msn sponsorship to increase brand presence online.







Client: Pharmacare
Agency: LOUD Sydney
Writer: Emma Den-Ouden
Art Director: Mo Shono
Creative Director: Andy Firth
Photographer: Montelbetti + Campbell