Non-Traditional
Live Events - Beyond Advertising
Bronze Winner
Buick
"Human Traffic Signs"

Corporate Name of Client: Shanghai General Motors
Client Supervisor: Yuan Yuan
Agency Account Supervisor: Kitty Lun
Account Manager: Sue Lu
Agency: Lowe China, Shanghai
Chief Creative Officer: Norman Tan
Creative Director: Zeng Qiang
Copywriters: Cherry Wang/Willow Yang/Jeremy Chia
Art Directors: Cherry Wang/Willow Yang/Jeremy Chia
Head of Production: Connie Chua
Photography Studio: Africa Pictures, Korea
Photographer: Jung Ho Leem
Production Companies: Locus, Korea/A New Life Films, Shanghai
Director: Eun Taek Cha (Africa Pictures)
Senior Executive Producers: Jiyoun Lee/Nelson Cho
Music Production Company: Drum Music, Hong Kong
Music Composer: Peter Mullward
Description of the Project:
Insights, Strategy and the Idea Background: This campaign is part of the road safety program run by Buick, a General Motors brand. Being a leading car manufacturer, Buick aims at communicating to all drivers in China about road safety. The issue: Buick realizes that every 3 minutes in China, someone is injured from a traffic accident. Every 10 minutes, someone dies from one. Over half could have been avoided if drivers just followed traffic signs. Target: All drivers, whether they drive a Buick or not, and pedestrians. The Insight: Even though there are traffic signs warning drivers and pedestrians about the rules to ensure safety, they are always ignored by pedestrians and drivers alike. The Idea: Human traffic signs. Creative Execution Buick kicks off World Traffic Safety Day 7 April with this program. We invited 9 victims of traffic accidents to pose as human traffic signs in accident-prone areas during peak hour traffic. This served as a stark reminder for the many pedestrians and drivers that the signs are there for a reason. Rules must be obeyed because it is a matter of life or death. The commercial was broadcast on TV and The Human Traffic Signs video turned viral. Results and Effectiveness - A powerful video that went viral on the internet, attracting more than 50,000 clicks and shares during the first week. - Rich discussion around the topic of avoiding traffic accidents and obeying traffic signs. - Buick's road safety program was covered by CCTV, China's national TV channel, informing drivers and pedestrians on the issue; worth unpaid media up to RMB 1,000,000. - Traffic accidents reduced by 50% during the 5-day program.