Sometimes to stand up for someone in need, you have to sit... on the toilet.
CHE Proximity and Who Gives a Crap are dropping a whole lot of toilet humour in the latest ad for the toilet paper brand.
The spot depicts typical suburban Australian scenes, like dropping the kids off at the pool, a car backing out of the garage, baking brownies, a guy laying some cable and so on, to highlight how people can help the cause without changing their daily life - just their toilet paper.
It aims to raise awareness of the social enterprise, which donates 50% of its profits to WaterAid, a charity which helps build toilets and provide clean water supplies for the 2.3 billion people around the world who do not have access to adequate sanitation.
Who Gives a Crap founder, Simon Griffith, says the CHE Proximity team perfectly captured the brand's voice and has delivered an important message in a fun way.
"The ad is parody of charity ads but with a serious message – 'One crap a day’. With Who Gives a Crap, your toilet paper can make a difference," he says.
CHE Proximity ECD Ant White says: "From their original brief ‘the easiest way to do good,’ to their complete faith in backing our idea, this client is anything but crap. We had a lot of fun working with the team at Who Gives a Crap and helping them to make people give a crap about which toilet roll they choose," he said.
The ad is CHE Proximity’s entry into Google’s Creative Agency Team awards, The Skippys. Six agencies have been invited to create an online ad for Who Gives a Crap. All ads will go to market on YouTube with an identically weighted media plan. The ads will be judged on view through rate, average watch time and organic view count.
Credits
Client: Who Gives A Crap
Founder and Head Honcho: Simon Griffith
Founder and Design Guy: Danny Alexander
Creative Director: Vanessa Morrish
Agency: CHE Proximity
Chief Operating Officer: Andrew Drougas
Executive Creative Director: Ant White
Creative Director: Tommy McCubbin
Creative Team: Alec Jankowski and Jimmy Zimmerman
Agency Producer: Jen Livingston
Production Company: Guilty Content
Director: Tony Rogers
Executive Producer: Rohan Timlock
DOP: Joel Betts
Editor: Tim Parrington, The Butchery
Grade: CJ Dobson
Online: Damian Capicchiano, Cherry Pictures
Sound: Matt Thompson, Studio 8
