Green Party Wants Boy Band to 'Change the Tune' in U.K. Elections
Fictitious Boy Band Called Coalitions Parodies Similarities of Rival Politicians
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The U.K.'s Green Party, which is led by a woman, has created a new film that relegates the competition to boy-band style clones, as part of its campaign in the run-up to the U.K. general election on May 7.
The provocative film will be broadcast on the BBC tonight. It features satirical versions of the (male) leaders of the Green Party's four main rival parties, brought together to form a fictitious boy band called Coalition. The quartet sing the song, titled "Change the Tune," in harmony, demonstrating how similar all their policies sound.
In the U.K., political parties are allowed to buy advertising on billboards, print, and online but not on TV or radio. However, each of the main parties is allocated a primetime TV slot, free of charge, lasting a maximum of four minutes and 40 seconds.
The four men are current Prime Minster David Cameron (Conservative Party), his deputy Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat), Ed Miliband (Labour) and Nigel Farage (UK Independence Party). The only real feature that distinguishes the four men from one another is the color of their ties.
The film was made by Creature of London. Read the story at AdAge.com.
Credits
- Date
- Apr 09, 2015
- Brand :
- Green Party
- Client :
- Green Party
- Creative Director :
- Stu Outhwaite
- Creative Director :
- Ben Middleton
- Creative Director :
- Ed Warren
- Creative :
- James Mitchell
- Agency :
- Creature of London
- Strategist :
- James Mitchell
- Agency Producer :
- Madeline Smith
- Director :
- Johnny Hopkins
- Director, Photography :
- Denzil Armour-Brown
- Production Company :
- ACNE
- Producer :
- Barty Dearden
- Executive Producer :
- Ben Clark
- Music Company :
- Eclectic
- Composer :
- Colin Smith
- Post House :
- Unit
- Post Producer :
- Ross Culligan
- Colorist :
- Simon Astbury
- 2D :
- Rich Greenwood
- 2D :
- George Rockliffe
- 2D :
- Vicki Gordon
- Audio Post Production :
- Factory, Dan Beckwith
- Editing :
- Marshall Street
- Editor :
- Gary Forrester
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