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Zeus
12-17-2007, 06:00 PM
The latest Xbox 360 promotion has currently found its way to American Airlines Terminal 9 of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. A creative director remarked that there is lot of traffic in the respective terminal and they wanted to make sure they reached everyone from families to business travelers to grandparents.


"There's a lot of traffic in that particular terminal, and for this particular campaign we wanted to make sure that we talk to everyone, from families to business travelers to grandparents," said Scott Duchon, group creative director at the San Francisco shop. "We had to find a place to do creative media, and frankly not every airport wants that."

The immersive exhibit uses 40 70-inch digital screens, with the imagery interconnecting all the monitors into a giant display. In one series, for example, an image to the far left of a gymnast flips toward the center of a living room space until she clashes with a Hun charging in from the right, both figures exploding in the middle of the display. Seconds later a Sumo wrestler collides with a bear, a skater slams into a wildcat, a broccoli stalk takes on a hotdog with onions. "The Flower Duet" from Les Delibes accompanies the 15-minute visual tour.

"The idea is give the Xbox 360 a little bit of personality for people who don't know what it is," said John Patroulis, creative director. "We want them to like us. In fact, the difficulty of defining it is appealing. It is an immersive experience, being surrounded by music and visuals. It's not a hard sell.


News Source: <A href="http://www.adweek.com/aw/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003686286" target="_blank">Adweek</a>

grapeape
12-17-2007, 08:14 PM
The latest Xbox 360 promotion has currently found its way to American Airlines Terminal 9 of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. A creative director remarked that there is lot of traffic in the respective terminal and they wanted to make sure they reached everyone from families to business travelers to grandparents.



News Source: <A href="http://www.adweek.com/aw/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003686286" target="_blank">Adweek</a>

"The idea is give the Xbox 360 a little bit of personality for people who don't know what it is,"?? From the description after watching it all (as if anyone does that in an airport, people are usually rushing around making last minute phone calls, getting searched...etc) if anything the people "targeted" will know less about the 360 than they did before they watched it. What a horrible waste of time and money...did they hire Chiat Day or something???

wkndplaya
12-17-2007, 09:37 PM
Guy at the airport: dude I am frikken naked here I don't have any weapons on me.
Cop: please go back through the detector sir, and while you're at it watch this 360 commercial.... (uh?).

Skyline34
12-18-2007, 08:14 AM
Well, that is until someone breaks into the admin office and changes the video being played onto what the 360 REALLY is, an RRoD'ing waste of money!