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Maximum Ride: Kids who can fly

Maximum Ride: Kids who can fly
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Maximum Ride is a series about a group of children who can fly. To launch the latest book, we created a large ground decal that showed Aucklanders what it was like to stand on the edge of a building and jump.

Advertising Agency: Colenso BBDO, Auckland, New Zealand
Copywriters /art directors: Rebecca Johnson-Pond, Kimberley Ragan
Photography / Retouching: Kevin Hyde
Producer: Gabrielle Buckle
AM: Krystal Houghton
Art Director: Antonia Baker
Executive Creative Director: Nick Worthington
Design: Rebecca Johnson-Pond and Simon Redwood
Released: May 2009

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alexander_bickov's picture 1638 pencils

Great idea

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Arkadiusz's picture 513 pencils

Looks impressive. But isn't it encouraging jumping from the roof? It's so simple to jump...

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sure, people everywhere are going to be leaping to their death because of this ad.

Arkadiusz's picture 513 pencils

The children's mind is very plastic, ductile and is shaping by everything what children are encountering. If computer games can "to teach" that people are immortal and they will revive after the gunshot wound, such ad can also distort appropriate perception of world.

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Why not let the children of tomorrow think they are immortal? I think to have no boundaries is a good way to find, "The New"

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good idea

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great. good use of media.

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Done. By DDB.

dadada's picture 298 pencils

This series must be well known, if not, it will be like about suicide.

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so smart

djvm98's picture 233 pencils
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Good idea and great use of the media, that in this case is the street/stairs themselves....
But I agree, wouldn't it encourage kids jumping from roofs? sure they have thought about it, it would be nice to hear how they cope with the issue

Misstree's picture 265 pencils

Scary!

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why did they this fake instalations if they could invite children on some roof and let them experience the real thing?

oh, man... this is just stupid.

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I think this is a great idea because it plays off of children's imaginations.

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yeap scary, and agree with the suicide thing, but... i like it.

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Awesome!

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Whoever it is in the top left shot shouldn't be wearing skinny jeans.

rolling.stone's picture 1158 pencils

Idea is good, provided it do not lead the tendency in kids' mind that they also can fly, if it do so, pretty fatal

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fking the child's mind. :)

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Done by Fallon.

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really smart!!

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Kids! Stop using your imagination! We must think for you, because we know you'll see this and go find a tall building to jump off of!

Come on, people! This is great use of environment and media! I watched Roadrunner cartoons and never once strapped myself to a rocket made of dynamite. Why would this lead to a rampant increase in accidental child suicide from leaping tall buildings in a single bound?

Oh, that's right. It won't.

Dzsoi's picture 4558 pencils

Agree. Kids are stupid but the fear of height is an instinct. If you think you can defeat an instinct with an ad, you are waaay overestimating your profession.

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Great. Love it.

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great! very creative :)

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Woah this is a bit freaky :-0

Karl

http://www.karlbowers.co.uk

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wow~ creative!!!
but is it suitable for kids?

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