DCM ident set to be invaded by aliens in E4 cinema stunt
Digital Cinema Media’s (DCM) ident is set to be hijacked by extraterrestrials this weekend to promote E4’s new drama, The Aliens.
Coming the form of a broadcast message from the ‘Alien League’, the stunt marks the first time a disruptive clip will interrupt DCM’s screen ident (which usually tops and tails advertising reels in cinemas). The announcement will rally aliens to fight human oppression and join the movement.
The campaign has been devised in-house by the 4creative team, with help from OMD UK, DCM and Pearl and Dean.
Harry Dromey, group marketing manager at Channel 4 said: "We challenged ourselves to entertain and bring the drama to life. The result is the disruption of as many media channels as possible to stop people in their tracks and get them talking about The Aliens.”
“With the disruption of DCM’s normal ident we will definitely stop people in their tracks, but we hope they don’t start talking until after the film…” he added.
DCM’s head of agency sales Davina Barker said the sponsorship of the company’s ident offers E4 “an opportunity to utilise the power of the big screen to reach an upmarket, early-adopting, social-savvy and light TV viewing audience".
The ad will be shown across 1,200 cinema screens over the next few days.
Channel 4 has been experimenting with its advertising over the past twelve months, its 'Synthetic Persona' ads for futuristic drama series Humans were a hit with audiences last year.