For pure amusement it seems, Heineken has released DraughtKeg, a site on which you can upload your face to a futuristic robot who will then appear on the dance floor grooving to pseudo-futuristic dance music. It’s all very retro…in a futuristic sort of way. And it’s to promote their new, uber-cool keg that’s, apparently, really, really better than your standard keg.
Let’s imagine ourselves sitting in on the Publicis Modem Berlin Cameron (sorry, our PR rep mis-spoke. The campaign was created by Berlin Cameron. Modem handled online work and subcontracted out the creation of this website to Brothers by Choice) concepting session for this piece of work.
AE: “So you all saw the thing. It is pretty advanced for just a keg of beer, right?
AD: “Futuristic, even.”
COPY: “The thing looks like some sort of mini-robot.”
AD: “I got it! Robots. Beer. The future. A party. A robot dance party!”
AE: “Um, what about Svedka’s robots?”
COPY: “Who gives a shit. Ours will be way better because…ooo…I got it…we’ll let people upload their heads to the robots! All that social media shit, you know.”
AE: “Uh, Trailer Crashers did that.”
AD: “Dude. It’s ALL been done before. It’s not like you expected an original idea, right?”
AE: “Uh, I guess. Hey, just make it look cool OK? Like the music and shit. And make sure you show the fucking product!”
COPY: “Dude, we aren’t idiots.”
AE: “OK. I know. You rock. I need it next Thursday.”
AE/AD/Copy: Three way fist-bump
