Know what’s normal for you, so you’ll know what’s not.
The Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand (BCFNZ) has launched 'normal for me' via creative agency Ogilvy.
The campaign, directed by Revolver’s Fiona McGee, shows the importance of every woman knowing what’s normal for them – no matter how unusual or fantastical it might seem.
Using the tagline ‘Know what’s normal for you, so you’ll know what’s not’, it aims to reinforce that the best way for women to engage in early detection is to get to know their own bodies, so they’re able to spot any changes.
It will be rolled out across multiple platforms from this week to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month across VOD, cinema, social, digital, plus static OOH, radio, influencer activity and PR.
Ogilvy NZ Executive creative director Kristal Knight said the campaign used laser-beam, music-playing, corn-popping breasts to capture attention and address an uncomfortable issue through warmth and humour, rather than fear.
"We needed to create a comfortable space around a topic that's uncomfortable by nature," she said.
"Knowing what's normal for you is more than a call to action, it’s a fundamental change in behaviour, and taking the fear out of getting to know our own bodies is an important step. So to make this message memorable, we went to the extreme, and through the genius of Fiona McGee created breasts with fantastical abilities, to remind all women that ‘normal for me’ looks and feels different for everyone, so you need to get to know yours.”
The campaign follows another BCFNZ campaign developed by Ogilvy to encourage mammograms called ‘Maybe it’s a sign’ launched in April. The agency has been working with the not-for-profit charitable trust for the past two years.
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ CEO Ah-Leen Rayner said the latest campaign was another important step in making women as breast-aware as possible.
“We know that breast cancer is more treatable if it's caught early. For women over forty, we've reminded the nation that this means having regular mammograms. But long before that age and stage, the most important things we can do is perform a self-check, and get really familiar with what's 'normal', and what isn't," she said.
"It's an incredibly important yet overlooked action of getting to know yourself, your breasts and your whole chest area. A seemingly simple, yet potentially life-saving act, and one we hope this memorable campaign will remind all women to undertake."
Credits:
Strategy and creative: Ogilvy NZ
Media agency: Spark Foundry
Production company: Revolver
Director: Fiona McGee
Managing Director / Co-owner: Michael Ritchie
Prodcuer (AU): Max Horn
Producer (NZ): Mark Foster
Post-Production: Blockhead NZ
Sound studio (films): Liquid
Executive producer: Tamara O’Neill
Sound design: Craig Matuschka
Sound studio (radio): Radiate
Engineer: David Liversidge
Music Licencing: Level Two
Music supervisor: Marcus Brooke-Smith
Social strategist: Casey McPike
PR advisor: Kimberly Kastelan
