At the cologne zoo we let 500.000 ants demonstrate against rainforest deforestation five days long. Each day at 3 am they marched with their protest posters through their terrarium. The clou: The slogans (Fight, Solidarity) were shaped from real leaves.
The strength in this idea is the usage of naturally given conditions and turning them into something unseen and unique.
We let regional journalists view the demonstration first, and media coverage quickly followed.
During five days 30.000 zoo visitors followed the action live in the cologne zoo. Via an SMS people directly could support the WWF.
Videos were placed on the WWF website, on Youtube and the website of the cologne zoo. The Ant Rally was shared via the facebook pages of WWF and WWF youth Germany.
Credits
Advertising Agency: BBDO, Dusseldorf, Germany
Chief Creative Officer: Wolfgang Schneider
Creative Director: Carsten Bolk, Christian Mommertz
Copywriter: Ramon Scheffer
Art Director: Fabian Pensel
Producer: Jack Gregory Donald, Kim Duesselberg
DoP: Ami Rodrigues, Ahmet Tan
Agency Producer: Steffen Gentis
Visual Effects: Andreas Landgraf
Editor: Stephen Krause
Voice Over: Tom Zahner
Sound Designer: Marco Manzo
Photographer: Jochen Manz
Creative Managing Director: Sebastian Hardieck, Christian Mommertz