Campaign direction

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The idea that survives every format

Lesson 2 of 10 in Campaign direction.

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An idea that only works at full page is not a campaign idea, because most of the campaign will not be a full page. It will be a small square on a phone, six seconds before a video, and a strip along the top of a page.

An ink drawing of an art director holding a phone at arm's length showing a tiny version of a large poster of a red balloon leaning on the wall behind.
Checking the idea still reads when shrunk to a tiny square on a phone.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “A specific size and context: a billboard, a six-second pre-roll, a shelf wobbler.”

    • Master
    • Format
    • Combinatorial blowup
    • Brand metric
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Whether the idea still exists at the smallest, shortest format.”

    • Wear-out
    • Reduction test
    • Variant generation
    • One-off
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The repeatable mechanic that carries the idea across formats.”

    • Device
    • Campaign line
    • Dwell time
    • Asset matrix

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